Govinda Quotes

No two directors make the same film the same way.

Whoever my films are about, they'll hopefully still have my sensibility, whatever that is.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.

I only make movies that are interesting to me.

I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself.

I started making films purely based on what I would like to see.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

I don't look at fashion the way other people do.

Style is the perfection of a point of view.

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

I can't really change the games I like to make, and I can't change my own particular aesthetic.

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.

I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.

My work is not generally in the commercial sector. However, I'm not worried by the commercial sector. I refuse to work in any other way except the way that I work.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.

Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want.

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.