Quotes About Art

Fashion is just an interpretation of the culture around us.

If I'm going to draw something, I don't know the day before what I'm going to draw. It's just very much an interpretation of how I'm feeling that day and what I think is the coolest thing in my brain at that very moment.

Burzum is not a political or religious band, or even an anti-religious band. Burzum is music - art if you like - and the interpretation of art lies in the eye of the beholder.

The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.

Directing is an act of interpretation.

I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to interpretation.

I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate hearing someone play something in a way that I wouldn't.

I am an interpreter of music rather than a composer of it.

Interpretive thinking, as an art form, is dying.

There will be great books. There will be great films. Sometimes, if we are lucky, the two will intersect.

I would love for my existence as an artist to be completely about my art - not about my social media, or what I do vs what's cool right now, or even whether or not I sound okay in an interview.

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

became clear to me that beauty has nothing to do with fashion, that love can conquer anything, sex is art, and let's see . . . hope springs eternal. I love the rain.

Work and love—the two best things—flourish in studios. It's when you have to go outside and define everything that they often disappear.

Robert said, "How can you waste your time on something that won't make money?" "Didn't you used to write plays?" I asked.

And when Jacaranda would drop by his studio unannounced and Shelby would open the door for her, his eyes would clear from the cloudiness they'd fallen into while thinking of his work; his eyes would see her, and his face would light up, he'd smile, and he would cry: "You're here!

where I grew up we believed there was such a thing as selling out and that those interested in the arts shouldn't do it.

We were always being taken to rehearsals when we were little and it is probably because of that that I like rehearsals better than concerts. There is something about listening to a group of people try over and over to get it right and at last do that provides a tension of drama you don't get when they're all dressed up giving a concert.

you don't love things just because they're beautifully designed; you appreciate them and go home.

How come we have money to kill but no money to feed or heal? How come we have money to destroy but no money for art and schools? The

Esta obra teatral y este libro son parte de la oleada creativa fruto de esta energía surgida al contar la verdad

A experiência de ser acordada de um sono profundo pela peça – e logo depois lançada a uma certeza tão intensa do poder das mulheres, das pessoas e do mundo, por conta dos movimentos que gerou – fez com que eu, artista, me tornasse ativista política.

Só a forma mais elevada de arte pode insistir que nós não apenas possamos descobrir nossas realidades como também transformá-las para além do que somos estimulados e condicionados a aceitar.

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting it's something far, far deeper than that.