Quotes About Artistry

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

It is clothes. It is parts. Therefore, you combine the parts differently to create your own unique expression.

I do believe everyone on this earth is an artist - some people more than others. But I do believe we are all artists in a certain way. We all have unique abilities. There are people who are meant to make it their life, and that is a different kind of person who would choose to be on that path.

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities.

We needed to make a sound that's not gonna fit in with everything else - we wanted to make something that was completely unique and individual to us. We spent a lot of time trying to make a sound that was a One Direction sound. At first it was quite hard to do that, but I'm really happy with the sound.

Color is key to making your makeup pop and have your unique look stand out amongst the rest.

I enjoy Dinosaur for what it is. It's a unique band that has a unique chemistry.

The cat eye is one of my favorites to rock because you can do so much with it from a thicker, bold look to the thin, simple black line. I sometimes even step it up a notch by adding colored liner or glitter to keep it fun and unique!

I knew I was going to do a country album one day. But I was just trying to figure out for the life of me, what we were going to do to make it different, unique.

I listened to a lot of Amy Winehouse: her albums 'Frank' and 'Back to Black'. She was such an incredible artist. She was just so raw and had her unique sound; she paired jazz with pop and was so soulful at the same time. So I pulled from her a lot in the beginning.

I like to paint my own helmets. I design my own suit and boots, I like being unique in that way.

It's rare that I'm not at work on some sort of craft project. I've often enthused about the need to make things; how it employs a unique set of muscles - physical, intellectual, spiritual - that I can attain a state of flow when making something that I almost never can when writing.

It's interesting because what I do and what I sing is, to other people, pretty unique. I feel I'm creating my own path... and I'm working on growing as a performer.

You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique.

The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of.

As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action.

We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.

Every film deserves its own unique look.

I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.

Every time Jimmy Scott sings, it's the same but slightly different. I don't know how he does that or where he gets that from. I think it's instinct. Nothing he does is by chance; he's in complete control of what he's doing. He's just beautiful and unique.

To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.

'Saw' has been a unique experience in that I've had the opportunity to work with some really great artists, and everyone has contributed in so many different ways, in all of the different departments of a film crew.