The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit.
A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.
Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty.
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous. I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point it was not enough
Mozart creates music from a mysterious center, and so knows the limits to the right and the left, above and below. He maintains moderation.
If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.
Film recognizes neither time nor space, only the limits of man's imagination
I'm innately conservative, and painting is an ideal place to exercise a progressive conservatism. I operate well within limits.
Rock music is a funny thing: You can actually take it too far sometimes, and then it's not rock music anymore - it's something else, but it's not rock.
I'm in constant battle with MTV to see where the line falls. You know, the things I do and say and the things they profit on and the things I profit on.
I think comics should test people, I think it's our job to go too far. That way we know as a society what too far is. Where else are you going to hear it?
I'll put it to you like this: You can only go as mainstream as people will let you go.
If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.
It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.
I do think that we all draw limits and I feel like part of the work of an artist is it shouldn't be fun. This shouldn't be comfortable. I'm not looking to make people feel unsafe, but I am looking to make people feel uncomfortable.
What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art.
I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.
There's only so many small shows you can do. A lot of the smaller things are more side project things. Not everything is appropriate for Sonic Youth to do.
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors.
I have to experiment with methods and I'm trying to find an authentic way of making an equivalent of the living, breathing person within the limits of a single picture.
A life is a life and should never be trivialised for the sake of art or what have you.
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that makes the novel possible. Change the limits and the force leaves. The novel becomes impossible.
