William Faulkner Quotes

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.

When I am creating art, I have absolutely no social responsibility. It's like dreaming.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.

I've tried to be more self-sufficient as I've gotten older. I'd like to not worry about whether they're going to sell my next album or book. Hell, William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime.

I don't need a whole lot.

I intend to be making films until I'm an old lady. So, if God willing I get there, I need to create a paradigm for myself where I can make it regardless of whether or not they still like what I'm making.

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

Thank God for jazz. It gave black women what film and theater gave white women: a well-lighted space where they could play with roles and styles, conduct esthetic experiments and win money and praise.

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn't supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn't. I just do it because I love doing it.

We wanted to create an opportunity for people to share anything, on their own terms, revenue and all. Get away from the commerce side of music, which can be exciting and necessary but ultimately dilutes the creative impulse. The further and further you go down that path is sometimes the further you are from the reason why you started making music.

At the end of the day, I earn a living by creating music and not sharing it with anyone because I am my own master. I know my worth.

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

I wasn't afraid of being poor. I didn't want to live in a big house. I'm the perfect size for poetry. I can move around.

The market kills more artistic passion than anything else.

I could probably live in Bali the rest of my life and completely live in the sticks and have a f - king moped and make a record every couple of years and not step in public and break even like I do anyway. That's really tempting.

That is an artist as I would have an artist be, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art--panemet Circen.

The moment we live in is a great time to make art. We have different technologies to play with, and we're left with the opportunity to focus on our work.

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.

All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

I'm like a movie director, so wherever I feel that I need to go over this type of beat, that's what I'm going to do, that's where I'm going to go.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing more.