Quotes About Art

I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.

A repressed person overcoming their repression always makes good music.

Photorealism's goal is to reproduce a photograph. The best photorealism can't beat a printer, and I have a really nice printer.

Playing live is great, but it's not a creative thing, really. It's a reproductive thing.

I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

Fans are hungry for original artwork.

If you were to get a seminar in MMA, I think you'd want one from me over Mark Hunt. I'm more efficient and my understanding of the art is deeper, and I'm still only growing in terms of my intelligence in combat.

'Deer Hunter' is a movie; it is not an attempt to write history.

I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself.

Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside.

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

Sometimes I hate writing songs. Because it hurts sometimes. I'm very emotional.

But there was no specific discussion when we came to make 'Hypnotic Eye' that were going to draw from a specific part of the well, because each song just comes in from wherever it comes. If it fits into a certain bag or feel, I think generally thats an accident!

The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game.

Come on, I'm from Iceland; I don't do hip-hop.

There's this feeling of creativity in Iceland.

The true excitement comes from the actors - that gives you the true drama - and whatever I can do with the camera, that's icing on the cake.

I really like 'ICO' and 'Shadow of the Colossus.'

A lot of my favorite artists are fashion icons.

It's a blessing and a curse at the same time, the idea of genre.

I hate the idea of genres.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.