Quotes About Artistry

I think myself, Jose James, and Robert Glasper are expanding the language - really reminding people that the umbrella of jazz is large and all-encompassing.

There should be a whole book written about that one word: country. What does that mean, country? It's such a huge umbrella. I would hope that what makes it country is that it all starts with a song. The story being told in three and a half minutes that is not being told on another station.

'Jelly,' more than any black musical before it, celebrated the majesty, the purity, the joy of so many artists who are unable to fully embody these same qualities in their own lives.

I would listen to artists like My Chemical Romance, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Blink-182, Paramore... all these bands were so unafraid of being themselves. They talked about their problems and what was going on in their heads. It grabbed and latched on to me, and I felt like I could do that, too.

If you do too much acting in a lead part in a feature film where you're 40 ft. high, it's rather unattractive. You can see the acting. And it's actually the right thing to do to bring as much of yourself, I believe, to the part as you possibly can - to minimize the amount of theatrical stuff that you need to do.

In my studio, it is unkempt and unattractive. Once I'm in my work, I don't notice where I am.

It is impossible to give a performance that makes you unaware of the fact that you're watching an actor and be really involved in all aspects of filmmaking.

Truly accomplished artists are humble and unaware of their abilities.

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes.

All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways.

Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!

I think that Zoe Kazan is an unbelievable talent.

The XCX really stands for 'kiss Charli kiss,' which is unbelievably crap.

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.

Jacki Smith is a masterful artist of magickal candles. I've enjoyed her blend of strong magickal intentions and great smelling scents in her products. To have her wisdom in a book is a treasure!

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

Gabriel Have you ever heard of Harry Houdini Well he wasn't like today's magicians who are only interested in television ratings. He was an artist. He could make an elephant disappear in the middle of a theater filled with people, and do you know how he did that Misdirection.

Art, he proclaimed, is the process of actually sitting down and doing it. Not talking about doing it, not thinking or fantasizing about doing it, just doing it. Only after the work has been completed and exposed to public view will it be considered a work of "art" or not. If you think you're "an artist" just waiting for that one moment of inspiration to sit down and write, you'll be waiting forever.

You finish listening to a song of Leonard's and you know he's said everything he had to say, he didn't let the song go till he was done with it.