Joshua Bell Quotes

People have different interpretations of my work, and I like that flexibility and openness.

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.

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 always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art.

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.

I think everything's fair in art and how you perceive a character.

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

You should be able to be influenced by art no matter where it comes from.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

With an artist no sane man quarrels, any more than with the colour of a child's eyes.

People like abstract art because it makes them feel clever.

I just don't feel limited by genre.

I feel that art is beyond language.

Obviously, I respect the expression of different artists. I do not judge or criticize the style of anyone.

I don't want to be stuck to any specific genre.

There's traditionally been a large disconnection in contemporary art between the audience and the artist. Generally, audiences are looking towards what they like, and I can tell you, that's the last thing on an artist's mind.

We don't want to box ourselves within any type of genre, you know? Whatever feels good, if it moves us and we like it, we get on it and make it our own. That's what we do.

I don't really care that much about genre labels. I tend to write across a variety of different genres.

I listen to different artists. I open my mind to different artists.

What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.

Genre hopping is something I intend to do, and I intend to do it forever and ever because I think genres are boring.

Art is very subjective and having to put numbers on it seems counterintuitive.

Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.

I try not to put myself in a box, so I'll write with anybody who wants to. I don't put limitations on my co-writes.