Alber Elbaz Quotes

I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. It's the thing itself, and so, as you know, it's been a dream of mine to write songs for Disney, and so, it's really exciting to finally hear. It's two and a half years.

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.

There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.

It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.

It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

I feel like I had a great career in a way. Maybe not the most successful monetarily or in other ways, but creatively, I feel incredibly fortunate.

I have had such a satisfying career; I've gotten to do so many amazing things as an artist.

As an artist, it feels good that we've created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do.

I just really feel so grateful to Sundance because I've always been an artist and I've never been able to make a living at being an artist until Sundance.

Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.

With us, people caught on to something on our third album, and that will never be repeated. Basically, I don't really have any complaints about the way that Beach House has grown. I feel like we're still in control of what we're doing, and it's a great time in our existence.

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.

I've written the best work I know how. And I'm appreciative of the people who read it and care about the work - and that's pretty much the end of that.

I just looked like there was only one thing I could do: be in a band. It looked like I was already successful, basically. Which is what I wanted to do when I was 16. I just felt like if you did that, aesthetically you would just draw people who were doing the same thing.

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

Before I leave the earth, I'll have released a bunch of albums and a bunch of movies. I'm going to do it all. It's just that I have to strategically position myself on how I do it so that the world receives it.

I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agreed. That's every artist's dream. That's the brass ring.

I don't feel that I have achieved anything, I just want people to love my songs.

I spent my life's work doing what I did in Dream Theater for 25 years, so I'm proud of that.

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.

One of the expectations growing up was that I'd become a well-known artist.

I'm out here living my dream. People are listening to my music.