Quotes About Art

I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.

People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good.

I look at my movies; I call my movies 'the kid.' It's like I'm giving birth. I'm in the cocoon, you know?

'The Da Vinci Code' is the most popular book of our times.

Every film is a human encounter. It's people trying to collaborate and create something together.

Before I collaborate, it's important that I have a conversation about what I care about before we make anything, so that it's very clear.

Movies affecting music has caused me to collaborate a little bit better.

I've done art on my own, and I've also collaborated with other people to make art. And collaborating with other people is always interesting because you end up doing things you probably wouldn't do otherwise.

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

I come from the theater, and there is a real collaborative history there.

Every art I do is a collage.

The medium of film is really wonderful because it can behave in the same way as collage and painting; it can be layered and non-literal.

I want to make something that is breathtaking. Of course, you can't make something that is always breathtaking, or you would never be able to breathe. You would collapse.

I feel as if someone is going to come along, feel my collar and say: 'Do you really think you can get people to read books you've made up about people that don't exist?'

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.

I collect and read as many books about music and film as I do fiction.

I collect paint like I collect sound. And then I use layers, layers, layers.

Exhibitions usually are not collected; they disperse after they take place.

I like special directors, and I've collected a few.

I am only limited by the amount of life I have left to capture the ideas I am already working on. Another problem is that I am not sure if I would rather create or collect art. Collecting art is another passion of mine.

I remember thinking that 'Earthworms' wasn't really an 'album' to me, only because it felt like a weird collection of songs more than an actual project.

When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.

I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians.

My two goals are to read everything Edith Wharton has ever written and to have an art collection.