Quotes About Art

When I became a film-maker, all my favourite films, they weren't comedies.

'Nakhrewali' is one of my favourite songs.

I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. 'The Passion' is my favourite book.

Songs are just like your kids. You love them all, and they're all different. I can't really pick out favourites.

I used to read a lot of fashion magazines: my favourite was 'Nylon.' I used to cut out all the pictures from magazines, and I had this book where I would keep all of the stuff that inspired me.

One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials.

Any film, whether it worked at the box office or not, I'll have my favourite moments from it.

If it ain't baroque, don't fax it.

A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life.

I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.

I am not bothered about money. I have no dreams that feature money. I dream only of good cinema and good scripts.

I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I want to be when I grow up. I want to make films.

I want to direct a feature film. Horror is my main genre.

I've not had any interest in running a movie studio, but I want to make one feature film.

Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.

Product design is fed by the avant-garde.

It's head and heart. I like to feed both. I always wanted to be an actor. But the cultural-intellectual side of things has always excited me. I wouldn't want to let it go.

I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with them.

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

I can't really stop doing the music because it really feeds me.

There's no feeling like performing. It's magical, it's so rewarding, and it just feeds this special little part of your soul.

I don't think you can create art out of anger; it has to come out of some form of understanding. You have to feel good about who you are and that you could do something to change things.

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

I don't end up playing a lot of likable characters, so I find myself living in a lot of unlikable skin. As a result of that, I don't always feel good. I get a lot more catharsis from taking pictures or painting or making short films.