Quotes About Art

The monologue is an interesting space for an actor.

Monologues are fun.

When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.

So my reason for doing drag, at first it was because I wanted to express this thing I had kind of stored deep down inside of me and now that I've let this thing loose, this monster out into the world and I kind of got that out of my system now.

There's so much art out there, and I'm happy to see people who are drawing monsters that are very simple designs.

One reason I loved '80s monsters is after I watched the movie, I could go into my room with crayons or markers and I could very simply draw these monsters that I fell in love with.

Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.

'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it.

It appears to be monumental only because it's art.

American art ought to be monumental, in keeping with American life.

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

I love music. I love creating, so I just get inspired with whatever mood I'm in. Whatever the story dictates, that's where my mind goes.

I enjoy creating lamps because lighting really changes my mood.

There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.

Whenever I make music, I just make it depending on however I feel at that moment and what I'm getting inspiration from, so it depends - whatever, it's just my mood.

Music creates a certain mood and then people dress accordingly. I think it's all quite closely intertwined.

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.

I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good.

I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art.

I'm all for information diets, which are helpful for the mood and for the art.

Sometimes you listen to a piece of music that inspires a collection. You listen to the music, which creates the mood, which creates the clothes.

Mainly as an artist, I like to wear colors. I like to see colors, and it really helps my mood.

Songs of different moods are like keys, which help me enter the world of my book's characters.

When I'm making a record, I'm trying to take people through different moods.