Quotes About Artistry

Creating music based on art and giving away from your spirit is more important than making a living.

I was just making movies to make movies. I was so full of anxiety about becoming a filmmaker that I kind of lost the idea of why I was doing it.

The whole idea of spellbinding, of being an entertainer, being the center of the stage, making up words - that let me know that writing is nice.

I view myself as a male artist.

I think an artist who has it in their heart to do or say something, they'll say it. It's not something that's mandatory, but it will come out.

Over the years, El Perro del Mar became this artist that, every record that came out, I just loved it.

My Maria on stage definitely is a real natural part of who I am, but obviously I can't walk around as that girl. You know what I mean? It's definitely an alter ego, but it is part of who I am, it is who I am, it is my life.

Yet I was Marilyn Manson - times 10.

In my elementary days, I took a liking to rock & roll music. I dabbed into Marilyn Manson, which became my favorite.

I'd like to be in a play with Mark Rylance.

Having grown up quite shy and quiet, it's important that I mark out who I am in the world through my work.

My father was an entertainer. This is, of course, one of the most marked and enduring manifestations.

It may not be the best marketing thing to do but I don't like talking about my film until I have finished it.

When you pick up a House of Marley product, it's not just about the music; it's also about how it's created.

Mars Volta was always about embracing what 'too much' was and the excess of it. I never thought there would be an audience for it.

I'd like to do something with Bruno Mars if we ever got the opportunity.

Do not all the achievements of a poet's predecessors and contemporaries rightfully belong to him? Why should he shrink from picking flowers where he finds them? Only by making the riches of the others our own do we bring anything great into being.

Art could state very little - it's whole business is to evoke responses.

YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF THE SPIRIT Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly. Life is nothing but a dream, and if you create your life with love, your dream becomes a masterpiece of art.

Sva su ljudska bi?a pripovjeda?i koji pri?aju sa svojega vlastitog, jedinstvenog stajališta. Kad to shvatimo, više ne?emo osje?ati potrebu da svoju pri?u name?emo drugima ili branimo ono u što vjerujemo. Umjesto toga, sve ?emo ljude promatrati kao umjetnike koji imaju pravo stvarati vlastitu umjetnost.

the writer is [...] the work's way of getting itself written

That's the discipline it takes to be successful. James Taylor sings the same song over and over again because ultimately he's a servant of the people. He's a brilliant artist, but he's also a professional, and professionals do what it takes to please their customers, pay the bills, and grow their brand.

As a musician, he was as close to perfection as a man could come. It was worth putting up with the man to be able to work with the musician.

Always remember, the person we're really working for is the person who's restoring the piece a hundred years from now. He's the one we want to impress.