Quotes About Artistry

Ni los bacilos ni las radiaciones provocan la enfermedad, sino que el ser humano los utiliza como medios para realizar su enfermedad. (La misma frase, aplicada a otro plano, suena mucho más natural: ni los colores ni el lienzo hacen el cuadro sino que el artista los utiliza como medios para realizar su pintura.) Después

Some people think art is pretending, but to me it's the opposite. It's the one place where you can't pretend.

So far, I've only discovered four things that make life worth living for me. My work is one of them." "What are the other three?" Jacob wanted to know. "Music, books, and sex," I said. "Not necessarily in that order." His eyebrows

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

My work is better, maybe all filmmakers are better, for Polanski's imprint on cinema. He created language for all of us to use, there is no question about that.

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone.

We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of, it doesn't necessarily mean we'd be writing better songs. None of us are huge fans of bands that seem to go, 'OK, I'm gonna sing for no reason and then scream for no reason just because I can.'

There is no reason why excellent pictures can't be made for $4-5 million.

I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules.

I would call myself the Pharrell of OVO. There are no rules for me.

There is no wrong design. There are no rules. Anybody can get it right by giving it a sort of story.

When you're writing with an artist or for an artist, you have to help them serve their vision. That's the cool part about writing songs. There are no rules.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

No talent lies in my dancing.

At no time was I trying to write a crossover record.

As far as melodies go, I could probably write 100 songs in a day - with no words of course - just because I love melody.

The difference between Reggie Noble and Redman is that this 'Reggie Noble' album is more conceptual. It got concepts on it, it got auto-tune on it, it got a pop record on it. I had fun on it.

My art flatters nobody by imitation; it courts nobody by smoothness, tickles nobody by petiteness... there is no finish in nature.

Even if nobody was listening to it, I'd still be making music.

All my good movies, nobody sees.

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

I thought that I wrote songs and wrote music, and that was sort of what I thought I was best at doing. And because nobody else was ever doing my songs, I felt - you know, I had to go out and do them.

I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.