Romola Garai Quotes

I like people that challenge their art, not only in the purist way, but also in terms of how they could provoke and make something different.

I'm innately conservative, and painting is an ideal place to exercise a progressive conservatism. I operate well within limits.

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.

We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will.

I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.

What the art world has done, it has been constantly been pushing the boundaries about what art can be. It's like expanding its territory.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm Asian. But I thought it was sort of cool to embrace the Korean half of me, which I love.

Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being done in avant-garde territory.

I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.

To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach.

I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas.

Conservatism is rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself: When you think of America, do you see a country struggling to be maintained or one striving to be made better?

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

I love England, the people, the parks, the theatre.

I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

When I say that Latinos share conservative values, when Ronald Reagan said that, we mean the love of family, the love of country, a commitment to personal responsibility, to hard work.

I'm the proof - you can't throw away tradition.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.