Quotes About Art

'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.

Government shouldn't try to dictate what art looks like or what it portrays. Last thing we want is government screwing it up, which is what they would do.

It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.

I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.

I think the way you make a movie dictates the movie that you make.

What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

I don't want to be a didactic voice. I like to ask more questions than I answer, just to get people thinking and to make it safe to access art.

When I was growing up and going to art school and learning about African-American art, much of it was a type of political art that was very didactic and based on the '60s, and a social collective.

If I can't write it would be as if I died.

I think that a society lives or dies according to its respect for - for its art.

I'm a film maker, not a crusader. I know a film will not change the world. If it can make a difference to a few that's good enough.

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.

Drag is all about self-expression; there's so many different angles you can take on it.

Different characters help you grow in cinema.

I think anytime you see something that's been brought to life by an artist's hands, it just has a different kind of quality.

I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels.

The sound of tap is not 'clickety clickety tap tap,' this monotone thing. The sound of tap has depth. We want you to hear the different highs and lows, the bass, the trebles and the melodies, if you can.

I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

I took tap classes growing up.

Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance.

There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion.

If you remix, people want to tap into your sound. If you keep that to yourself, it makes the sound more special.

I'm a happy member of the church. I'm proud of it and defend it. It makes me bold and gives me confidence. I feel I know the answer to life - that it's all about. If you're not searching for the answer to life, you have more time to make art. It's a rock for me upon which I can tap dance.