Quotes About Art

To me, movies is just scratching the surface for the work. There are people who are so, so great at that.

A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in a box - to say, 'Oh, since this work deals with surface desires at times, this is about consumerism.' And of course, the base of the work is... not about economics at all.

Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.

This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: their surface is like fine leather, stained from chemicals. Each one has a body and is more than an image.

I don't like acrylic because you can't get the density of color. And with each coat of oil paint, the surface gets better and richer.

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.

Making records is not brain surgery.

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.

We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespeare, it's still entertainment. We're just entertaining people. We're just doing the stuff that comes on in between the ads.

I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.

My Scottish grandfather, John W. Blyth, was a man addicted to paintings. A manufacturer of linen, he spent all his surplus money on pictures.

There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is that a restaurant can be as much of an art as you want it to be, but it has to be a successful business first.

I think one of the things that will really surprise people about 'See No Evil 2' is the fact that its so beautifully shot. It's really a pretty movie.

No surprise here: Pop music is by far the most conservative art form there is.

Each one seems to be, in some way, essentially different from the others, and each is a surprise to me. I think that making books, or any kind of art, might also be like mining. The artist digs into his or her life and imagination and never knows what they'll find. That's the adventure.

Writing in a strict form can surprise you.

Pop shouldn't be a comfortable slipper. It should shock and surprise you and confront your expectations.

Surprise is something that's very difficult to act.

Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it.

I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.

I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical.

I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they've often surprised me with how they're received.

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.