Lily James Quotes

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.

Everyone should be able to build, and as long as this freedom to build does not exist, the present-day planned architecture cannot be considered art at all.

Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.

The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.

There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.

Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.

I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.

We need less perfect but more free films.

The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

The cool thing about those small-budget movies is that there's a tremendous amount of freedom the filmmakers have since there's less money at stake.

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.

That joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave.

I keep a band of great young people around me, and we're not musically restrained. It's not about 'Let's do it correct' but 'Let's do it right.'

'Dil Chahta Hai' was too raw. We only thought about the film. We never thought where the film was going to go. We wanted to make a film on our own terms.

In America, I don't think you have the creative freedom that I'm used to. Traditionally, it's a producer's cinema here.

'Eagle vs Shark' is a little film I could take risks with and make mistakes on.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

I've seen situations where I think comics are really unrealistic about what creative expression and what the artistic freedom, what that entails.

In front of the camera and in front of the lens, there's no lawsuits, there's no agent, and there's most frequently no time limits... There's a longevity that's kind of built into it. I spend most of my time behind the scenes, and when it is time to perform, I'm genuinely delighted to do it.

So now the floodgates are open to the delight of pure form, whatever its origin. Anything goes.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.

Writing poetry is a state of free float.