Quotes About Art

There is a built-in appreciation for music that is so much a part of the LDS culture. Utahns know that music can be divine and can touch a person's spirit in a unique way.

I went to art school for four years to learn a very expensive lesson - that there are many other artists who are way better than me.

Yes, films need to make their money back - it's an expensive business, and people need to be paid for what's involved - but just because you can, it doesn't mean you should.

In art school, you learn that design is much more than the look and feel of something - it's the whole experience.

At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.

I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best stuff anyway, when it's real emotion.

My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.

What I love about acting is experiencing the absolute moments of - you know - of getting lost in the world you've created for yourself.

Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.

I have been living and experiencing dance everyday in my life.

I am not afraid to experiment - sometimes going beyond what is traditionally beautiful is what makes a great picture.

It is one thing for an artist to experiment on a canvas, but it's entirely different to experiment on a living creature.

You can assist another director and learn the ropes of the craft over the years, but becoming a director is about finding your own voice, so you've got to experiment.

I want to make good, fun films, not necessarily experimental ones.

You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.

I always loved experimenting in film.

When I'm in the studio, I'm experimenting, trying things on.

I consider all my films experiments.

I'm a lover of cinema, and I don't want that to completely expire.

People find it very, very difficult to believe what I've done. Scientists have seen my work and they can't explain it. Even nano-scientists have seen it and been totally shocked. But if any man on Earth wants to challenge me, I'm ready. Bring it on.

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

I tend to explain my songs.

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art.