James Ivory Quotes

Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.

I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time discovering the culture because I thought I was going to stay in America for only two years. Then I decided to come to New York.

One day, I would like to go over to Spain to play just to see what it's like and to experience that.

I would have no problem with living in China. I like discovering new places and cultures, and I would not go alone - my family would go with me.

Filming in India was very special. The chaos, the noise, and the sensory overload was all really wonderful. It was a new world to me, and being able to capture that was incredible.

Getting to see new places, their culture, and getting away from what I am used to is so rewarding.

To me, traveling in the United States isn't that much fun. I like to go elsewhere and experience different cultures.

Of all the places I've been, India is the one that's on the top of my list to return to.

It's a very immersive and intense form of travel to walk around with an interpreter and stop random people on the street and ask them about their lives.

I used to live in New York, and I know a number of people who have friends who work at galleries. I spent time hanging out with them, going to openings. It was a good way to do research, to hang out and to look at the art that was present.

I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.

I wanted to know what it would be like to get on a horse and ride all the way west to Europe and take a look back at my own culture through the eyes of a nomad.

The standup thing has been really fun, really seeing the United States instead of reading about it.

I never thought I'd have the opportunity to visit another culture.

I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.

Travel is the only way to get empathy for other people's mindsets - to know their struggles and what they're drawn to.

When I went to Australia, I had this feeling, like, 'Wow, this is really a different country.' I think that feeling of genuine foreignness, that this is a very different culture, which is increasingly rare in our globalised world.

The world of contemporary art has, in a way, exponentially expanded in the last couple of decades, and almost every major city in Europe and Asia and North America has fallen over themselves to have their own contemporary art museum.

A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.

I didn't realize how interesting the place I come from is until I left home and saw how other cultures handled things differently.

I wanted to get out of this country and experience different ways of seeing the world. So I went to Europe, but I went as an artist. I was increasing my skill set and exploring storytelling through painting.

My music is inspired by where I am and what I'm feeling at the time. Traveling and meeting new people is also incredibly inspiring to me.

When I live in a country, I always try to learn about the country - not just England, the U.K. as a whole - so I will stay here some days to do something different.

If you ask any of my kids today what their most important experience was in their education, they would say it was the travel and the ability to see and be in other cultures.

When I went to Germany, all I knew were German swear words.