Quotes About Interpretation

Art should be expressed without objectification.It's more than just attraction. Creative expression is not "art for art's sake" but art that breathes true meaning.

That's what a poem is. Words which have a hidden meaning. A poem is like a secret.

People's behaviors are messages, not a diagnosis because I can no longer discern the world's version of insanity.

I think any good standup or actor is part philosopher, part psychologist and sociologist, because you're constantly recreating behaviors.

Star Wars' was derivative of 'Buck Rogers' and 'Flash Gordon,' wasn't it?

How players react to questions that you ask can give definitive information as to the strength of their hand. Even an opponent who says nothing at all might be sending a silent signal. A mere shrug, an awkward smile, or even a frozen stare can be meaningful.

I was staring at a wall of photos and thought, 'What would that sound like if it was music?' And I guess that was the kicker. That's what got me going.

There are very few really stark black and white stories.

If you listen to one of my albums, you can tell I do a lot of different things. In the case of 'Vincent', I thought of his picture 'Starry Night.' It was a beautiful road-map for a song. I used a lot of imagery from that painting.

The natural does not have to be a specific representation. I am now working on a thing which is a reconstruction of a starry sky, yet I make it, nevertheless, without a given in nature.

A starry sky is equally interesting to a scientist, a mystic, an ethics scholar, and a poet. Looking at the stars, each experiences something different, and each sees his own picture.

How can an adjective in front of a noun not describe the noun? There are dwarf stars, but they're still considered stars.

I entirely agree with you about the obscurity of Mrs Browning's line about the stars. It is far-fetched. She wanted to express something which she found beyond expression.

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature.

I'm always saying that my books are not autobiographical because they're not. I can't choose any one scene and say, 'Oh, this is exactly what happened to me!' I just use little snippets of things as a starting point!

A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.

My starting point is always to read a script and have a conversation with the director about what their vision is, and then, after that, I love to do research.

People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.

What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it.

That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perceptions.

Judaism doesn't recognize gay marriage, just as we don't recognize milk and meat together as kosher, and nothing will change it... I'm not a hypocrite; I state my positions.