Quotes About Art

The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.

The Greeks said the artist doesn't actually have to travel and look around. You stay where God has put you, and you dig as deep as you can. This is what I've done.

I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens.

I grew up on anime and manga. That's part of who I am.

I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

I'm just glad to be part of groovy films.

Alex Gross is an L.A. artist who has become a friend. His work is really compelling.

If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.

To find beauty in the most grotesque things is a gift.

From a guy that still doesn't have his foot in the world, I feel pretty grounded as long as I have music.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

When I was growing up, there was a feeling in one's living room as much as in one's local gallery that a little elitism was good for the soul.

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.

I experimented with fashion as it being more like art, allowing what I wore to express what I was feeling on the inside. Androgyny, rock culture, and grunge - they definitely had an effect on the things that made me feel cool and comfortable.

The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in.

No one can guarantee success of a film.

We love trans women; all of us know that drag wouldn't be an art form without trans women. I know that, RuPaul knows that, everybody in the gay community knows that. Trans women have always been a part of and the face of drag. And I can guarantee trans women will always be a part of 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'

I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.

Gucci Mane is my favorite artist.

In Latin America, cinema has always been a bourgeois activity, I guess, as it is everywhere. It's just a stupidly expensive art form, and there is nothing you can do about it.