Quotes About Art

When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.

I'm actually really obsessed with folk art.

I started learning Bharatnatyam from the age of three. I have also learnt folk dance.

It is a part of us, film-makers and audiences; what we can't say with dialogues, we say with a song. We tell stories through songs, look at our folk cultures.

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

I was reared on folk music.

Folk songs, whatever else they might be, are mainly craft.

Once it's out there in the universe, it's serving its purpose, and I'm proud to have other folks hear the music that I was a part of making.

Concentrate on making beautiful things. Everything else will follow.

My kids, I love it when they tell me, 'Abba, I want to be an artist.' And I say, that is awesome... I just want you to be happy and to follow your heart.

I see a lot of actor-bashing because they are the face of the film. Actors are just following someone else's direction.

Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art.

I can beatbox. Well, sort of. I have one beat that I can do, but people get fooled.

Connected with the fall of Satan is his lameness. The devil is represented in art and in legion as limping on one foot; this was occasioned by his having broken his leg in his fall.

After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.

I am delighted to be an artist and follow in my mother's footsteps, even though I know I am not allowed to make a single mistake.

I've always drawn, for example, and I did consider when I was younger, it was either do I become an actor or do I become an animator cartoonist at that point. Do I work at Disneyworld or something and do animated cells or something?

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, 'Bend it Like Beckham,' for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council.

I like the elitism of the art world. I think art for the people is a terrible idea.

When you're not hearing my voice, I'm working on art. So if you're not hearing me, I'm working for the people and getting inspired.

Sometimes you're forced to do the cover before the story is done.

The economy of film forces you to make choices.

Performing live is difficult. But nobody's forcing us to do it.