Pure Artistry Quotes

I did 500 shows of 'Chaula Devi' and 700 shows of 'Anarkali'. I never mixed the filmy style with classical arts and kept my stage performances pure and it was appreciated.

Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake.

Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it could produce.

I really try to divorce myself from any thought of possible use of this stuff. That's part of the discipline. My only purpose while I'm working is to try to make interesting photographs, and what to do with them is another act - an alter consideration. Certainly while I'm working, I want them to be as useless as possible.

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

In the fashion world, you have to make clothes to sell. You have to make clothes for the press. You have to make clothes for yourself. What I mean is, everything is an obligation. But a writer? A pure artist? Maybe he doesn't make one lira - but he does what he wants.

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.

There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake.

I just make music from my soul and let it be.

I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.