Quotes About Art

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.

People would rather have art or gold instead of paper money.

I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.

I've been collecting art for much of my adult life. I started around 1960. And my wife and I really enjoy art a great deal. We don't have a lot of money, so we have works on paper, but we enjoy them a great deal.

Sometimes things just fall out of your head on the paper, and if you're smart, you learn not to touch them.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

I see fashion as going on par with all the other cultural institutions here. Ballet, theater, opera - I don't see fashion differently.

I find that 'Taare Zameen Par' is one of the most beautiful movies ever made about the inner world of a child.

First CD I bought for myself was 'The Black Parade' by My Chemical Romance.

If you think about the way we experience art, the paradigm is still Western European. If I go to the National Gallery, what am I going to see the most of? I'm not going to see a whole lot of black figures in pictures.

I left 'Death in Paradise' because I wanted to get back on stage.

All this talk about writing is a little bit moot, because it is almost an unthinking process. It is actually a paradox because you are constantly making choices.

One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise?

Albums serve as paragraphs in an artist's autobiography.

I came from Hyderabad and didn't know the difference between commercial and parallel cinema.

I'm excited about the idea of an act of theatre triggering a parallel creative act of writing.

If a man becomes more mature due to certain episodes in his life, it gives him the opportunity to look at life in a much more deep way. I believe the artist and the man work parallel, with the same feelings, the same soul, the same sensitivity.

I knew that I wanted to be in parallel cinema and do meaningful films.

Personally, I might be all for parallel or experimental cinema, but when I'm making a film, I don't mind adding a commercial tadka.

I think you have to be so indulgent in creativity in that, if you're happy, it's successful. If it's then financially successful, which is different parameters, then you're also happy.

When people talk about how parameters can generate really good work, there's no better example than working within a genre in film. That's like the ultimate parameter.

I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say.

Security and care of the objects is paramount. Arty composition comes after everything is safe from greasy fingers, humidity or excess light.

In my opinion, lyrics are a paramount factor and will always be.