Jenova Chen Quotes

I feel like you have to make art because you have to make it. But the end result of it- that last stage- you have to show it to somebody else to hopefully get a rise or reaction out of them- [to see] if it’ll affect someone else.

Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try to provide a conclusion within the work.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends, so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

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.

As an artist, I want a reaction.

I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do.

As long as I can make an audience feel something, I don't care whether it's a good thing or bad thing, just to feel something is important to me.

It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as human beings both as performers and audience members.

You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them.

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that's a blessing. I'm okay with it.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.

In my theater, I'm not trying to change the world.

I don't aim to make art in a vacuum - you want people to like it.

I don't make records so I can sit down afterward and listen to them. I make them so other people can sit down and listen to them.

I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.

My thing about creating things is that it has to do two purposes: It has to serve me creatively but also has to serve the people.

I think the audience is getting it right, you know what I mean? And that's kind of rare when the artist feels like their audience understand them. But I feel like people are understanding exactly what I'm going for. And that's awesome.

Every artist wants to connect with the listener.

Street artists want to add something to the environment. They consider the audience, whereas graffiti writers don't care about anyone except themselves, they do it purely for the kick.