Quotes About Art

Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.

It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art; all you need is time, a good teacher, and practice.

When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible for the movies themselves, you're looking for a good script all around.

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

I've seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person.

I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make.

I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time.

I still have a hard time just calling myself a musician. If I'm talking to somebody and they ask me what I do, I say I play music.

I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience.

I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days.

This is what art can do in our time. Unite people, and give them hope.

Every time I listen to Eminem, I fall in love with music all over again.

I do not remember a time since I have been capable of loving books that I have not loved Shakespeare.

When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it.

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

The songs are all indexes of a time in the past when I was writing them.

The history of drawing is a history of 'realities'. Every age has its own conceptions, held to be true at that time, believed to be true for all times.

If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.

Whether it is drawing or painting, skilled Artists usually deliver a faster result without jeopardizing the quality, simply because they don't have to waste their time on fixing mistakes.

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time.

Time is very important to art and if you don't have the time to select, art goes out the window.

I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.

only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.

Maybe I'd be a storyboard artist. Graphic novel/comic book artist. Backup dancer. Singer. It would be cool to focus on one of these full time. But I like seeing them all intertwine.