Quotes About Art

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.

That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?

There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.

The truth of the matter is, every film is imperfect. It's the nature of the beast. One of the things that people ask me all the time is, what's the difference between theater and film, and one of the biggest differences is, in the theater you always get another go.

One of the things I love about jazz music is that intent is first and execution is second. In classical music, execution is first and intent is second, meaning that you must first learn a piece before you can truly add your interpretation to it.

That's one of the things that's great about acting. You can play all the different aspects of a human being.

That's one of the things I like about San Francisco. It's not like anywhere else in the world.

It's one of the things that movies do offer you, despite all of their hardships - they offer you moments of transcendence.

Composing for movies is not an easy job - its a different art altogether, and moreover, I don't want to get involved in too many things at one time and want to concentrate on my shows and albums.

With music I feel like it's the one time when I don't have to think and I don't have to contrive anything.

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.

Our style, in one word, the Image guys, our approach to the page was bold.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

I don't watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic.

I was going to say that writing is about disclosure and acting is about obfuscation, but that's such a little lie. Both of them are about obfuscation and masking oneself.

I took up a few sessions online to learn to play flute.

I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.

You don't need a band to do hip-hop; you only need a DJ.

Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.

There isn't only one way that black art or entertainment is represented, and that's the most important thing. We're permeating every style. We're claiming and, when necessary, appropriating all kinds of forms. Nothing is forbidden, because it's not what black people do: because it's not what we think of as black art.

Don't let anyone tell you there's only one way to write.

Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.

See, I'm not a very open person, face-to-face. I'm no good at sharing my feelings with others, good or bad. I kind of close up. Music is the only time I can open up and actually say things.