Quotes About Artistry

I can work inside the boundaries of Erika Murphy, or whoever the character is. It's fun to create somebody that's not you, that doesn't exist.

I don't think about, "How does this song that has more of an electronic mix prefix to a song that has a full orchestra next to a song that has other things?" I just work on it as-needed.

Being a musician is to live, not to survive. Surviving is going to work every day and giving up your liberty and your time. When you do music, it's a free life.

I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West.

My favorite thing in the whole is getting to work with the actors.

I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.

An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.

A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.

When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out.

The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.

The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay.

Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

I have very, very specific ideas about how I want to do my work and how I want to be perceived and to the point of ridiculousness sometimes.

After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.

I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered my apartment.

I love to laugh, I love color, I love texture, and I love creativity, so I was always inspired by people who incorporate those things in their work.

I love drawing, whether it's considered work or not, but I'm always drawing, and that's the core of the work. Everything comes from drawing.

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind. We need to protect artists and journalists people to allow them to work.

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.

I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.

All too often, when creative people pick out someone else's creative work as an inspiration, what they end up with is very, very far from the original.