M. Shadows Quotes

I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound.

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.

I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe my style or even tell if I have one or not.

It's too bad for us 'literary' enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless - pictures tell any story more effectively than words.

The style depends on the subject.

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.

I'm fascinated with what an audience will take away from an image.

I didn't think that personal style had much value in graphic design.

It's a visual world and people respond to visuals.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

I did television for a very long time, but if you're on television, words don't count. What the eye sees beats the words. If you switch sides, from radio to television, you learn that the wordiness that you learn on the radio is useless or not nearly as powerful, and you have to learn to trust that the eye will just beat the ear.

Pictures have a lot more power than text. Text is just a bunch of little symbols. You have to actually read it and imagine it, and even that can be censored. With pictures, it's a lot more immediate.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I always kind of think I don't have a style, just whatever seems to be appropriate for the story.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

One picture is worth a thousand words.

Image has become everything.

“One picture is worth a thousand words,” said an ancient Chinese; but it may take ten thousand words to validate it.

My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you appear.

I find movies rely upon dialogue too much sometimes, and you lose the power of what really the most basic cinematic language is, which is the visual language.

I'm huge on visuals. I love visuals.

A visual always brings a first impression. But if there's going to be a first impression, I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?

Our style, in one word, the Image guys, our approach to the page was bold.