Artistic Goal Quotes

Art consists in making others feel what we feel.

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.

Art is meant to disturb.

I've always wanted to do a solo project. I've always known I wanted to be a musician.

I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's all I'm really trying to do.

There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

Just make good music.

I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.

I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.

Art should create an experience.

Publishing, legacy or indie, is a vehicle, and you can't opine about whether someone has chosen the right vehicle if you don't know where she intends to drive it.

As long as I can make an audience feel something, I don't care whether it's a good thing or bad thing, just to feel something is important to me.

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think.

Every artist wants his or her work to connect with someone. I think that's why people make art.

The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.

I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what I wanted to do is more of a social experiment.

Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'

I want to make music to lift the people.

Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.