Quotes of: Charlie Keyword

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

Charlie Haden

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

Chuck Jones

What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.

Corin Nemec

There's a point where art is not subjective, and my example for that is Picasso. If you don't like Picasso, that's your problem.

Danny Huston

To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.

Dave Holland

Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things.

Dominique Swain

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

Douglas Sirk

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Emmanuel Jal

I'd like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I'm working on a few things.

Ezra Miller

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Edgard Varese

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.

Gus Van Sant

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

Harold Prince

I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.

Jason Blum

I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that's censorship.

Jeff Buckley

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

Joseph Jarman

It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned.

James Lafferty

Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.

Joe Rogan

Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.

John Wayne

I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.

Kim Gordon

The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.

Keanu Reeves

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

Kanye West