Artistry Quotes

Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

Every art I do is a collage.

Make my skin into drumheads for the Bohemian cause.

The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he saw it for the first time.

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Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

I'm an artist, and I'm a bit weird, and I'm probably a bit eccentric.

Creativity takes courage.

When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come.

Part of fashion is newness. It's got to be a new combination of elements that's shocking-stunning-beautiful all at the same time. But it doesn't have any emotion.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.

God is in the details.

When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

When words leave off, music begins.

At the end of the day, I'm just trying to write a song that I like, that I'm not afraid to turn loose on the world. I do read a lot. I know a lot of people who read more, but I do try to keep a book in my hand most of the time, and I think that informs any kind of output that I'm going to have.

I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.

I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.

Dance is about portraying and telling a story and whether that be two males, two females, a group of guys, or a group of girls, it doesn't matter as long as the story is beautiful.

I know what my dharma is: I'm supposed to be an actor.

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.