Quotes About Art

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

Watching 'Moonlight,' I just recognized this patience in the film - allowing moments to live and linger - and I just thought that was so beautiful.

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

If you want to be an actor because you want to be recognized on the street and have people ask you for autographs, look for another career. If you want to be an actor because you love being on stage and want to capture a person's heart, go for it.

You just hope to do music that people will embrace... music that will be cutting edge and will be recognized.

In 'House of Boys,' I wanted to be in drag. It was amazing to be in the middle of all these drag queens. They did my makeup. I hardly recognized myself! That was very funny.

To me hip-hop is a culture and I became an MC to be recognized as a dope lyricist. That's what I wanted to be recognized as. So when I'm writing rhymes I always take it very seriously.

You want to make entertainment sometimes, and sometimes you want to make art, because I think the way we understand ourselves as human beings is through art, and the way we process emotions - I know I do - is through recognizing experiences on screen or in novels or in paintings.

Part of being really objective about your trade, your music, or your art is recognizing that you might not know everything about it.

We write the songs that we do because that's what we like. But they are just stories - not things we actually do or recommend anyone else go out and do.

The Hindi film that I recommend is 'Ijaazat.' It is my most favourite film; it is a poetry in itself, and Gulzar Sahab is somebody I am a huge fan of.

To understand the limits and opportunities of algorithms in the context of artistic creation, we need to understand that the latter usually consists of three elements: discovery, production, and recommendation.

It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act.

I don't look at my films or my old drawings much, so that was an interesting way to kind of reconnect with myself a bit.

The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.

A record isn't like a movie - you can get it together pretty fast.

Music's always been a huge part of my life, and my first record came out in 1981.

I learned that I can't be as indulgent as I'd like to be when I record.

Every record I make, I want people to feel what I used to feel when I used to crack open a CD and press play.

The record industry is a world within itself.

Publishers and record companies love a broken heart.

Giving a record company an album is like giving a gangster your baby or something.

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play it's just an hour and a half and then once it's over it's over.