Quotes About Art

I can explain my work to the cleaner or the president; it's all the same to me. I am very communist in this way.

I don't know how to explain it, but ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I wanted to perform.

People always ask what my inspiration is, and it's never something that's easily explained.

Art seduces, but does not exploit.

We have five children whom I love dearly and have exploited mercilessly for my cartoons.

For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

For me, there's cinema, which I love and would fight for, and then there's also entertainment, and I see them as very, very different. But sure, I'd love to do a blockbuster. I can't wait for someone to tell me, 'Explosion, run!'

We've gotten quite creative with our use of explosives... It's almost like an art form, rather than just blowing crap up.

Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?

I was lucky enough to be exposed to film, art, literature, culture, and then told, 'Yes, you can do that, too.' It's not something that everybody's circumstances allow for.

I think it's interesting for people to be exposed to ballet in areas they wouldn't necessarily expect to see it.

When I was really young, I was obsessed with Bollywood. Then I got exposed to world cinema, and I wanted to be a part of it. Then I was exposed to theatre, and I only wanted to do theatre.

I had been exposed to classical music my whole life; even before I was born.

My life, colored by various art forms, has been exposed to diverse music.

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

A fight can express things people might not be able to say with words.

I choose to express myself.

My job is to express myself.

I write songs, and there is a definite need to express myself through my music.

We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express.

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.

I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally.

One of the best ways to express yourself is the way you dress.