Quotes About Art

I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.'

When I came into improv, it was almost like an outsider art form.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Making music has always made me happy. When I go through a situation, the best way for me to get over it is to bundle up all of my emotions about it, put it in a little shell, create something, and then let it go.

We have more than enough deodorised, over-the-top, sentimental cinema. Let's try to bring a little human intelligence into things. It can be very rewarding.

I do get very involved in making a scene work without giving too much thought about how it affects the overall, which I think is hard to know in any case.

Accents influence a performance. If you look at Stanislavski, he says work from the in to the out, and I probably overall work the other way. I find an accent and a mood, and that influences the character massively.

I've had to make time to really explore all the amazing things that are out and try to understand the history of how fashion has moved through modern times and how it shaped everything, from overall aesthetic to design to how it's influenced the great artists of our time.

Dance has helped me overcome a lot of personal challenges. If I feel sad or depressed, I just go to the set and dance. It makes me feel alive.

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image.

My work is about the world I live in. So, I sort of make a picture of my life or our lives. I'm always looking for something that is overlooked, so I need to constantly be aware of what's going on.

I do think novels are overlooked. I did write one some years ago that I think is quite good, called 'The End of the Story,' not to blow my own horn.

Without sounding overly sentimental about the process, I'd say trying to describe how you tend to conceive of a book is like describing how you tend to fall in love.

With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.

I think from the time I was a kid I've been an entertainer. I've always had the ability to play characters. When I came to California, I was overwhelmed that you could do this and get paid for it, make a living on it, and be creative within this art form.

I think the feeling of being kind of overwhelmed is almost part of the aesthetic of the work.

As a person I'm often overwhelmed by emotions, so I write them down.

But maybe that's how it is with art. You suffer, and in the end, everyone thinks it's cool.

Making music is voluntary. Unlike bread, we don't require it for our sustenance. Accordingly, music shouldn't require its pound of flesh from the would-be listener. The price of art should be set by the market, by the listener, not by a machine with political interests.

Down Hearted Blues," by Bessie Smith. This is the song Ingersoll is singing to the baby

The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

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