Quotes About Interpretation

I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.

What is more natural in a democratic age than that we should begin to measure the stature of a work of art-especially of a painting-by how widely and how well it is reproduced?

I don't like watching people work if they're making art.

A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice.

For various reasons, when people engage the Bible, they don't see very readily how it relates to their work.

I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.

Part of an actors job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.

I don't know how to explain it." "Try words. If that doesn't work, we'll move on to interpretive dance.

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.

Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor.

If the work of art is good enough, it must not be criticized for its theme. I don't think it can be argued.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings - meanings which may in fact contradict each other.

I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.

When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch you.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.

When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it.

It's important for me to work with a strong director because I know I can go to some really deep places, I just need direction on how to get there.

Any work of art ... is great when it makes you feel that its creator has dipped into your very heart for his sensation.

My work is basically images set to my particular voice. It's the way the images rhyme and the rhythm. It's a way of economical storytelling for me.

I think this is pretty clear, but maybe not to everybody: Despite the fact that the work is personal or taken from life, it's not about me telling my personal story.

I can't just decide myself what's being built. Someone decides what they want, then I work for them.

A lot of people dont think of my work as being all that funny, but I think its hilarious!