Quotes About Art

We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

Becoming a musician was all about escape. It was about getting away from the foulness that was me.

Writing dark poetry was always my escape.

We're in entertainment. We're supposed to be making music that communicates with people, but ultimately, it's supposed to be something that people can enjoy. Sometimes you just want to escape for an hour and a half.

I fell in love with music because it gave me an escape, it gave me strength, and it gave me confidence.

I found movies to be such a beautiful escape.

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

In writing, something is always left out: it can't be articulated in the space of an essay.

I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something.

When lines are great, they're easy to do. You just find the essence of it, and you do it.

Busking is the essence of what I do. It's made everything possible.

I feel electronica is spoiling the essence of music.

Yes, writing is essential to me. It's my way of living in the world.

I've essentially done theater for more of my life than I've done television or film, and it's really something I feel I know better.

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

The aim of art is to understand and establish order, which is another form of beauty.

I do not want to have the feeling of writing 'for eternity', so to speak.

I'm really drawn to European films.

I have a very European feel about nudity.

A lot of Luis Bunuel's later, European films are all great.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

But I don't think as film-makers it is our responsibility that every time we make a film we should be saying something. If you are entertaining people, that's more than enough.