Quotes About Art

If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art.

Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always wanted to play other artists. If I can't play an instrument, then I want to play a character that can. There is an artist behind everything, and I think that's beautiful.

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Drums were my first instrument.

Basically, I like to pick up my flute, which is a pretty instrument, and play pretty on it.

As soon as I choose the timbre of an instrument, that dominates how I compose.

I've always had an instrument attached to my body.

I feel like piano is my main instrument. I'm most comfortable on the piano.

Playing an instrument is such a wonderful pleasure.

My voice is an instrument.

My favorite instrument is a bemrimbau. I play that every night.

The music I wrote as a kid already was always instrumental. It was never based on lyrics.

I was drawing before I did music, but me, I'm a dilettante. I jump into everything until I find one thing that I enjoy more than others. Rap was something that was always there because my brother used to rap - piano and musical instruments is something I learnt on the way.

The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.

There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

I believe that musical instruments are created because they are supposed to be played. There's not an instrument that's been designed to not be playable - it kind of defeats the point.

I think the music defends myself. I don't think anyone should put a race on any genre. It's just a way of expressing yourself through instruments and sounds, right? People can just listen to the music.

Acting is a really insular thing.

A song is the most intangible thing in the world.

Costume is integral, but it clicks into place last.

Music has always been so integral to my life. It's always been my work and my passion.

I like philharmonic music a lot. That kind of symphonic music has always been an integral part of the arrangements in many of my songs and background scores.

Every part of it is important; the film comes alive when you edit it, the film comes alive when you write it, the film comes alive when you act it, and the same with the directing. They're all the most important part at the time and that's why I enjoy doing it, because you're creating a story and every part is a very integral part of it.