Quotes About Art

Being in front of the camera was very liberating for me.

Every edit is a lie.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.

Art lies by its own artifice.

With acting, it wouldn't be about money: it would be about taking my life experiences and using them to create art.

My lifestyle doesn't really account for movies. I can't even remember what I last saw.

I see music as a lifetime affair.

Light is architectural. It is sculptural.

Light-hearted films are not content-driven films.

I Never Liked You. I think that's my best book. I think it works the best as a story, and I like the drawing. It works on both levels, for me at least.

I've always liked to draw.

I never liked making albums.

Everybody likes to listen to a song because it's fun, and nobody wants to sit around and listen to 'I-really-have-to-analyze-these-lyrics' songs all the time.

If you're in rock 'n' roll, you're not supposed to admit to liking theatre stuff, but I'm a big theatregoer.

Many times in music, if you are given limitations, it expands the creativity.

You have to have a certain amount of limitations, I think, to make art and to make something that can be alive on film. Money can get in the way of that.

If you are great, 'El Topo' is a great picture. If you are limited, 'El Topo' is limited.

Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.

I don't categorise cinema at all. If I am doing this, that means I am limiting myself.

All culture, all important culture, is always linked to how people express and experience being alive.

For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

I always listen to music while I draw.

Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to.