Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.
My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.
The art of the novelist is not unrelated to the illness of multiple personality disorder. It's a much milder form. But the better the book, the nearer to the padded cell you are.
We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state of humanity.
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.
It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.
I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.
Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.
No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.
I grew up in a tradition where having ideas and contributing to the community and creating art that had an impact on the world mattered. That's part of the Jewish tradition.
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
I think that, like any art, fashion is about expression. It allows you to express yourself and your identity through what you choose to wear.
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.
I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.
