Quotes About Art

There should always be something gratuitous about art, just as there seems to be, according to the new-wave cosmologists, something gratuitous about the universe.

All great art allows us this: a glimpse across the limits of our self.

Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul. And I think for me, any great art is art which communicates human emotion.

It's hard to make great art when you've got too much pressure.

I had two great art teachers at school, but even they tried to tell me it was too hard a world. But that made being an artist even more attractive.

Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even a winning record sometimes.

We figured the audience would want good stories, great art, wonderful characters, people you could fall in love with that we would immediately put through hell.

Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to your fans?

Music, for me, is the most sacred of the arts. I say that because music communicates in a way that no other art form can. All great art has a spirit that we recognize and appreciate, but music goes directly to your heart.

I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time.

Great trouble breeds great art, I think.

Perhaps it is that great suffering is necessary to produce great art.

'Housefull' is made with the express purpose of being an entertaining, time-pass film. No one is supposed to search for great art in this series.

Music for films allow a great deal of diversity and the more you widen your skills, the better you become.

Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

I'm still asked a great deal about 'The Wicker Man' because it's become one of the great cult movies of all time. That's the story of my career, really, making cult movies. And I've always said it's the best film I've ever made.

Music means a great deal to me.

Movies are collaborative, and that's part of what makes it a great experience. They're different from a lot of other art forms, but also it makes it seem like when you see the final product, you go, 'I wouldn't have done that. I wouldn't have done this.'

'Rangeela' was a very wonderful film, a great experience.

The idea that cinema can be dangerous is a great idea.

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

Great music is great music, period.

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a cohesive experience.