Quotes About Artistry

For four years, we worked, we searched, like alchemists in pursuit of the philosopher's stone. And then Miss Dior was born … Because, you see, for a perfume to 'hold', it must first be held for a long time in the hearts of those who created it. CHRISTIAN DIOR

An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.

Ah". Tzimisces smiled. "Let me guess. Flowery periphrases, back-to-back literary allusions and quotations from thousand-year-old authors. A marked reluctance to use one word when twelve can be jammed in if you sit on the lid.

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Funny how the mountains always inspire our work.

Es mache ihn glücklich, sagte er, mit eigenen Händen aus Papier und Leder ein Buch für die Ewigkeit zu erschaffen.

If he was like any of his music, he would be complex, explosive, sweet, sensual, and passionate.

Every word, every brushstroke, every note from an artist should be deliberately so.- Kailin Gow on Efficiency

It's like watching a sculptor work, the body coming through roughly in the first few seconds, then in more and more detail.", FADE by Kailin Gow

Did you see that band out there? They weren't reading music. You know, if you can play without music, pretty soon you're gonna think you can sing your own song.

Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory.

Jay is Kweli's favorite rapper, 50 is Eminem's favorite rapper, and I'm my favorite rapper.

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.

I loved John Lennon. I read interviews, and whatever he said he liked, I would go and listen to them. That is what I want to do with my fans.

I never got into this business to do interviews. It was always about the music.

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

There's something really intimate about getting in drag in your bedroom in the safety of your own home.

Obviously, writing together is very intimate because it's sort of acting where you need to get to a really deep place to get the most emotional song.

'Beale Street' is such an intimate story that I think it requires intimate connections between the artists that are a part of it.

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

So Colleen Atwood introduced me to Armani for the fabric and the dyes - what made Armani, Armani, beyond his motion-picture credentials. It was Cerruti after that. And then Zegna.

'Soulfire' is a collection of stuff I've done in the past. Each song is an element of who I am: There's a doo-wop song on the album; a blues song, R&B and some jazz. For people who are going to be hearing me for the first time, it's an introduction to who I am.

The first album is an introduction, and when people listen to it top to bottom, I want them to know me.