Simon Helberg Quotes

A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them. There is no such thing as bad art.

I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.

Art is interesting because there can be so many different perspectives in a piece of art. The way I see it may be completely different than the way somebody else sees it. It's interesting to hear what somebody sees in a piece of art compared to somebody else. It could be completely different, and that's interesting to me.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.

Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema.

Defining art is huge; I feel like it's such a subjective thing. It's more like what's not art. You know what I mean? I think there can be an art in the way people live their lives, and art can be a gift someone gives to somebody.

When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively.

Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.

Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it.

Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive.

I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.

A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good or bad, it's always surprising because a whole human being is coming to that piece of writing.

You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react.

There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life.

A lot of the songs on '2' are pretty personal, but even if I'm writing about something like that, I still tend to keep it pretty simple and open-ended. I like the idea of people listening to my album and it meaning something to me but maybe meaning something else to them.

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.

You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.

There are websites of 'True Detective' artwork out there now, and it's beautiful. And I don't want to take that away from anybody. I know what it means to me. But I don't want to take away anyone's interpretation of the show.