Quotes About Art

Creating the perfect lyrics is not a process, it's just something that comes in your brain.

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.

There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film, there can be a justification for it.

People are affected by what they see, hear. This is what matters to me the most because then our job as actors is justified.

You shouldn't have to justify your work.

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

Kanye's the best. He really, really is. He's cool. And why we've always gotten along is because we can just sit down and talk about art.

In 'Jesus Is King,' Kanye is free.

I've always loved music and was singing from the age of seven on karaoke.

I would not be in comics if it weren't for independent creators like Kate Beaton, Jess Fink, and Emily Carroll. That's where I found my start and inspiration, through women who did it themselves and built a career on their own terms.

The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really.

I think there's a sort of agony with all intelligent and very creative designers that it's only fashion, that in the end it's only the decorative arts. I had a feeling towards the end that Saint Laurent and Berge were very keen to attain that immortality that a lot of designers long for. You know, those endless exhibitions.

My mother was very keen I learn dance and I learnt so many forms.

I'm not too keen on dancing, I can't dance too well.

Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now.

One good thing about animation is that, if you do screw up a line, they won't use it. You can keep going until it's right.

I just love to sing. It makes me feel great, so I'm gonna keep going.

Bali is one of those places you can just keep going back to, and everything is there: the infrastructure, the culture, the art, the beautiful villas. My wife Liv and I go there quite often because we know that when we do arrive, it's like an instant holiday.

There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to keep moving in the world, and that's what film does, at its best.

Keeping the balance of fast-growing and smooth-growing is always important. It's almost an art.

Working in front of the camera keeps me alive.

The things that inspire people to think are what keeps a film alive.

I would like to see 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole adapted.