Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form.
What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.
Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run, the lowering of standards can only erode the art form we all love.
I think for a long time it seemed like working in an art form and being a feminist meant portraying women in a perfect, angelic light. And there's nothing feminist about that.
At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.
Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way. When you go see a comedian in standup, that is the most pure, unadulterated form of their art.
I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles of populism and social consciousness I aspire to in my own practice.
Boxing is really an art form. It might just look like two people beating each other up, but when you look closer, it's actually quite beautiful and interesting.
As I discovered music, especially Rock 'n Roll, new territory was opened to me. I was lured by the unbridled rhythm of this art form. It was like gasoline on the fire of my youthful spirit.
Chicago was where I realized that improv is its own thing, its own art form. And through that, you kind of develop a work ethic of not selling it short.
You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.
Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.
I had a dream I took the form of Chuck Norris and kicked your ass. Then I impregnated you from across the room.
The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.
Too many forms of life— Too many unknowns— How couldn’t you go crazy faced with such a magnitude?
Even the loneliest and most solitary in the universe... the very cold space dust... will eventually come together to form a star.
The best criticism, and it is uncommon, is of this sort that dissolves considerations of content into those of form.
It is no wonder that Satan hates the family and has hurled his venom against it in the form of Communism.
Not all of your foes will appear in their true form. You must learn to trust your instincts.
For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
