Quotes About Art

What I do in films is really special work but it doesn't happen everyday. On the other hand, art is completely my domain. It is my freedom of expression; I decide what I want to say, which satisfies and completes me.

All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to earn their living playing. But what draws people to art and artists is a desire to enjoy the propinquity of play. For it is the very freedom of the imagination. And what else were we born to do, but imagine freely?

Playing live is really the art form. You're a lot freer, a lot looser. You've got people there that can give you feedback, and then you can play off of that. There's so much more energy.

I don't freestyle much.

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies.

I think it's always a challenge to adapt a beautiful literary work into a fresh and alive film.

Dance means everything to me; it is like fresh air that rejuvenates my life.

I love composing music and it's like a breath of fresh air for me.

Our culture is not this thing to be seen from a distance. We need to be embracing the friction of it all - that is where the energy is.

Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like the 'Friday the 13th' movies had quite an influence on me growing up.

Most of the things I do are inspired by things that frightened me when I was young.

I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.

The Fringe is by far my favorite time of year; I like everything about it. But there are people I know who are much more successful than me who don't enjoy it.

Fashion is not frivolous.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

As a composer, the voice comes in front of me when I make a song.

I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.

Food has always been at the frontier of creativity.

I'm not a frustrated movie director: I'm not making games because I can't make movies.

Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.

I find it easier to write about stuff that is frustrating.

I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.