Marc Chagall Quotes

I would never pigeon hole myself stylistically because I just don't know what I am going to want to do next.

I don't like to try to put, like, 'Let's do this type of record,' 'cause it never turns out that way anyways.

Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!

With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the square, intellectual work, you can't keep that up for 40 takes. It breaks down, and new things start popping up. This, for me, is the most exciting thing about film-making.

I don't want to put myself in any kind of a box as far as my sound goes, because being an artist is fluid. If you look at a painter's work, a lot of times, it's similar in style, but other times - over even a year's period - it can change so much. I'm just going with the flow.

I began in 1976, with small abstract paintings that allowed me to do what I had never let myself do: put something down at random. And then, of course, I realized that it never can be random. It was all a way of opening a door for me. If I don't know what's coming - that is, if I have no hard-and-fast image, as I have with a photographic original - then arbitrary choice and chance play an important part.

Stop this agony of wishing Play it out Don't think, don't hesitate Curving back within yourself Just create... Just create

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

I love improvising.

I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue.

I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday.

Making art is different for everyone.

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

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

I enjoyed art in school. I've always done little drawings and stuff like that. I don't really know what I'm doing with the painting, but I experiment.

The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.

I'll take anything and slap it on a canvas.

I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.