Friedensreich Hundertwasser Quotes

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it.'

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.

Art penetrates, no matter how many bans you put out.

If we pretend to respect the artist at all we must allow him his freedom of choice , in the face, in particular cases, of innumerable presumptions that the choice will not fructify.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

I'm dying to do a tiny indie and play something totally naturalistic without any sort of constraints on me. Something where I can shock everyone.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

There is no must in art because art is free.

All artists are now free to express their own personality.

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

I'd rather be on a label that understands us and allows us to be a bit odd.

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

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.

Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

There's not a lot of art forms where you can control your presentation and your ideas.

I don't think most of our films should be realistic, but you want that as an artistic possibility. Then, the artist can take the realism of the world and push it in ways that we can connect with.

It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a writer, you are in control.

It's great to be able to find a way to release your music and do what you want to do artistically and not have to just worry about being accepted by the major label industry.

We have a motto at Naropa: 'Keep the world safe for poetry.' It's humorous but has some real bite to it. If the world is safe for poetry, it can be safe for many other things.