Quotes About Artistry

Artistry is important. Skill, hard work, rewriting, editing, and careful, careful craft: All of these are necessary. These are what separate the beginners from experienced artists.

You can't do your work worrying about what people will think of it - you kind of just have to do your work.

Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving.

The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.

Art is the work of a human being – something a person does with generosity to touch someone else to make a change for the better.

Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop.

Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together.

But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom.

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.

When I listen to my work, I think, what's so inflammatory about it? It's not really that dissonant. A lot of people who used to hate my stuff have come round to it.

I want my work to be judged, not me.

For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.

Chefs work with food, artists with oil paint, programmers with code.

You are a work of art.

Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.

Every girl - and boy, if you so choose - should take some ballet. Because ballet gives you grace. It gives you [the ability] to work with your hands. It's all about your hands.

Authenticity is what I've always gone after in my work, and I understand what feels emotionally right, instinctively. Working with actors has just come with experience.

Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game.

That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work.

I never forgive attacks on my work.

I'd like to work with Outkast, I'd like to work with RZA, I'd like to work with Timbaland, York, a whole bunch of people.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.

Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist.