Frank Ocean Quotes

I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.

I always say I want creative control. A lot of people don't think about that. And that's what every artist should think of - being creative and not just a puppet.

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it.

It's impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you create.

When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.

It is none of anyone's business how I make my films or my creative partnerships.

I was always going to direct. I wasn't going to hand my characters over to anyone else.

I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.

You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to.

I like to keep my personal life private.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.

For me to be able to punch above my weight creatively, to actually take a stand for what I was doing, I had to take on everything. I had to be the person who says, 'I wrote it. I directed it.'

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I try to keep my private life private.

I don't take story input from fans.

That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever I want.' They can always say no, but that's okay.

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't ever free. They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their art puts on them.

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.

I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

I don't talk about my private life.

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

I try to stay away from forced intimacy.