Logic Quotes

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

If people would like to come to my concerts I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself.

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

I make music not to make money but because it's in me.

The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money or the names. It's all about reflecting my life and my art.

As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it.

I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.

The true artists is one who insists on producing a supply, whether or not there's any demand.

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.

I feel lucky that I've been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image.

It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I'm confident in my intentions and why I'm making music. I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV screen or the cover of your magazine.

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

Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things.