Sayani Gupta Quotes

I think every artist should follow their vision; their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for. That said though, I think also artists have, continuously good artists, have been good for their times.

I don't think I'm making any great statements, and I certainly don't think I'm making art.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience.

Country's more than about what the music sounds like. It's what you're saying and who you are as a person.

When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in.

I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.

I'm not the type of artist that's like, 'Let's go out and party and dance your life away!' I think those artists are so cool, but I wanted meaning in my songs and they have messages.

I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist.

I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it.

I'm not trying to do conceptual art.

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.

I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and you know, kind of try to keep political debate out of our work. And to that I say, I'd like you to show me an example of, you know, this so-called apolitical art. I don't think there's any such thing.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.

In my mind, the plays I was writing were extreme examples of art for art's sake. I didn't necessarily think that other people would love them, though I thought they probably would.

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

I think you always, as an artist, feel like you would like to be more and more specific about your intent and your interests.