Shura Quotes

Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.

Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.

I really just want to continue to challenge myself. And I want to continue to grow as an artist. I never want to stop.

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'm not so sure I 'like' to watch myself on film, but I do find it necessary in order to continually be a better artist.

But you have to look at your work with an honest critical eye. Work on the things that you need work on. Scare yourself. Surprise yourself. If you don't like the way it's going, you have complete control over changing the course. That's one of the best things about doing this.

I mean, artistic processes are all about making choices all the time, and the very act of making a choice is the distilling down and the getting to the core of what it is that you care about and what you want to say, really.

Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make.

I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

Anyone who does anything creative is always gonna want to change.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

I think it's natural for an artist to explore as they evolve.

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.

It's an artist's choice to listen to criticism or not. I'm very sensitive to criticism.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craft.

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

My songs are always four years ahead of me. They're like my teachers.

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies.

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.

I feel like I always describe myself as a late bloomer. My first album, in my mind, was that I had a few songs I needed to take from incomplete demos to working with someone else and finishing them.