Quotes About Art

You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods.

New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its excellences.

I look at art all the time. I go to the museums and galleries every week. That really is like food for me.

It's harder to make something good when you can't curse all the time.

I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into the theater.

People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.

Yeah, I paint in my spare time, just to relax myself and wind down a bit.

The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.

I am all the time thinking about poetry and fiction and you.

I came late to galleries. A lot of people my age started their careers younger, so I was spared seeing that side for a long time.

At that [childhood] time, of course, if you were involved in art, it was going to be drawing and painting, because that's the only thing that was taught in the schools.

I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took painting classes - basic elementary painting classes and drawing classes of all sorts.

If it is a good song, it is a good song. The Beatles were pop, the beach boys were pop and it's the best music of all time.

I find it a little stressful when you're in a really nice studio and you feel time ticking and the bill getting higher.

People always tell me I should run for president, but I don't think they'd give me enough time off to make my films.

I have Pro Tools on my computer, and I make CDs all the time.

I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.

It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I write really depressing stuff.

A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form and when it's allowed to be seen.

You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.

At the same time I really enjoy painting flesh.

My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in my small, dirty little studio up in Harlem.

I'm not the biggest fan of music videos. I don't think they're done well a lot of the time. I think it's hard to find something that grabs you and keeps you engaged for the whole time.

When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better!