Quotes About Artistry

I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work.

We've never been satisfied with just making 'me' music. What we're doing is trying to go to a place of some reverence.

There's something very satisfying about making anything with your hands.

It feels so satisfying to hear a song I wrote come out of the radio.

I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I'd learned in acting school still applied.

I have had such a satisfying career; I've gotten to do so many amazing things as an artist.

Kid Cudi has saved lives. He saved my life.

When I started making music, I wanted to enjoy it and make others enjoy it. But it's just music. I am not saving the world.

I do not see scales as abstract.

I cannot say that I know a lot about scales, but I can write songs.

Art scares me. I don't feel cool enough to be an artist.

I have scars from every film I have made. There is nothing to protect actors. They treat you worse than a dog. You work like a slave, and you know, I like it. That is the way it should be. Every film should be like your last.

Whenever I write the scenarios for my games, I don't necessarily envision them being liked or being wonderful for everyone.

I am very interested in behind the scenes, and I am very creative.

When people ask me what I do, I tell them that I 'do things in front of people.' I don't know why I do what I do. I've tried working behind the scenes. I felt left out!

The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I want it out.

I am not a person of schedule when it comes to writing.

I want people to know about all the kinds of music that I write. Some believe I just write film scores, which is not true.

I'm inspired by film-makers such as Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Orson Welles.

What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and screenwriter, to create the environment in which all those moments will come together eventually.

I consider myself a good screenwriter.

Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.

I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved.

You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself.