Quotes About Art

To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words.

Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.

I'm not sure what 'coming out right' means. It often means that what you do holds a kind of energy that you wouldn't just put there, that comes about through grace of some sort.

Painting is just a hobby. I really don't think of it much more than that. But writing music and writing words... my life would feel as if it had a big hole if I took those away.

I come from Holland, and there's a lot of nudity in film there.

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.

'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel like they made me feel - to have an effect on someone.

I think bad movies are made around the world, not just in Hollywood. There are as many bad art films in the whole world as there are bad commercial films.

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

I do drag. Just because my drag is not the drag of Creme Fatale or Holy McGrail doesn't mean it's less drag. I perform live; I just sing with dancers. It's drag on a different level.

It has always been my belief that creation, the making of 'art' in any medium or combination of mediums, is a holy act.

There's a lot of art and comics and movies being paid homage to by game designers.

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Arts can save children, no matter what's going on in their homes.

It takes a long time for me to just say 'I'm going to get a tat.' I really do my homework on it and make sure that it's perfect and the way I want it and make sure there's always meaning because I never get anything without meaning.

The art of what they call female impersonation, or the drag shows, really helped me to hone what type of woman I was.

Art is something in which you are never an expert at any point of time. It's something you hone all the time and something which is elusive all the time.

I honestly believe art and music saved me. Art and music saved my life. I am blessed.

I honestly think that's one of the greatest motivators of art - the fear of not making great art.

I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work an espresso machine!

As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?

Like with any good art form, if you can entertain people and make them think, it's an honor. It's just an honor to be a comedian.

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with them.