Quotes About Art

All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere.

One thing I think is that comics are really good at expressing emotion. I think there's a way that comics characters can be drawn not-realistically, but the emotional reality is still very sincere. So you can have these exaggerations that express inner emotion through physical appearance.

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

The fact is, when you date an artist, you have to know that they're going to sing about you.

I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.

I have known in my heart since I was a little girl that music was a major part of my life and always would be, but seeing others respond to the words I sing amazes me.

I guess I'm rather self-destructive, and I like to give other people who are self-destructive a song to sing.

I sing about life.

I think it's all the same animal for me. There are actors who sing, and there are actors who direct, and I also improvise. That's one thing I do as part of my acting. I don't really separate the two.

My mom was a painter and loves to sing behind closed doors.

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.

I want to sing because I want to sing.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

I just sing. You have to use it.

I think love is one of the purest things you can sing about. One of the best things you can sing about.

I sing the music I like.

There can be inhibitions, but there are millions of people who like to sing.

Really, music is what I'm interested in, and the lyric part of it came from just having to have something to sing.

If I'm given a choice to pick what I am interested in, I will definitely sing a ghazal for a movie.

I used to do musicals in college, where I would sing, act and dance.

I love to sing and make music because it makes me feel good.

Senorita was fun to sing, but I don't really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they're like your babies. You don't pick favorites.