Quotes About Art

In the 1960s, songs were an integral part of film narration. I have been fortunate to have had some of the best songs of the era picturised on me, some of which gave me an opportunity to use my skills as a dancer too.

A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be interpreted. You don't have a choice... Each play can become many things.

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

Our lives aren't prepackaged along narrative lines and, therefore, by its very nature, reality-based art - underprocessed, underproduced - splinters and explodes.

We have a whole industry which is gigantic: games. Games is very successful. It's its own art form, though, and it's not the same as a linear narrative.

I knew I wanted to write about a nanny, but it was difficult for me to find a narrative rhythm.

I started out writing music for theatre and contemporary dance, so there has always been a dramatic and narrative element in my music.

It's really important for me to have a record which has a strong narrative feel to it.

Nearly everything that defines much of our daily experiences is consummatory in nature. Yes, we consume products and services. But we also consume life experiences, religious narratives, art, literature, and ideas.

My shows are not narratives.

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.

If you go in RCA A, you'll realize that it's not just a Nashville thing. It's a studio that belongs to music.

I'm sure all the people who have been born 20 years ago don't know anything about me at all except 'LOVE', and that's a nasty word.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.

Cinema is a great binding force for a nation.

It's weird to try and identify a nationality for a film.

As a native actor, you don't get that much chance to work in art, especially television.

Commerce and art are natural enemies. And also, the enemy of good is great. And the enemy of great is good, so there's this huge juggling that's going on all the time.

I'm supposed to be the guy who hates naturalism.

Don't think too much. The best pictures come naturally.

I am not naturally inclined to history or geography - maybe that's why I like to sing about it, because it helps me remember.