Read quote“I think it’s about making good films.”
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About Art
Creative expression through visual, literary, performing, or other forms, used to communicate ideas, emotions, experiences, or perspectives.
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Words on Art
Read quote“I’m always more interested in someone that sincerely wants to express something and find a new way to do it.”
Read quote“You must participate. You can't be an artist if you don't know the social, the political, and the economical context.”
Read quote“The editing has got to be in the writing.”
Read quote“Music has a power — it's a powerful weapon of peace, and we need to use art to get close and just to destroy all these stupid barriers we have.”
Read quote“That’s what art is supposed to do—art makes people feel less alone, in their joy or their struggle or their pain.”
Read quote“I was born to be an artist, painting from as far as I could remember.”
Read quote“To me, sword is a kind of locus on which thoughts are projected. It's a projection of a person's spirit.”
Read quote“It’s always a disguise of a sort and it’s always a revelation of a sort.”
Read quote“Estamos retomando el melodrama clásico”
Read quote“It has to do with my intention of examining the body, which is an important element in live performances.”
Read quote“My effort has been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting … but at the same time give the human touch “which makes the whole world kin” and which ever remains the same.”
Read quote“My music is essentially a trajectory of my life and my personal and professional growth.”
Read quote“Ser actor es más un instinto humano que una profesión.”
Read quote“All my filmmaking is an attempt to create a space for memory, to recapture memory.”
Read quote“It is a theme I enjoy exploring.”
Read quote“I like to make films that provoke discussion”
Read quote“The length of a movie all depends on what you want to say. I don’t care what is acceptable.”
Read quote“The poet should remain as a cell of good living in a corrupt society.”
Read quote“The very best computer programs rise to the level of art. They are beautiful.”
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Quote Stories about Art
Paint That Keeps Moving
Ansel expected to repaint a delivery van. Instead, a florist, an apprentice, and a handful of favorite flowers persuaded him to let his craft change with the seasons.
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A Kiln with Many Hands
When a potter inherits a failing communal kiln, she plans to work alone. Then cracked bowls, muddy boots, and a crowd of determined neighbors teach her what the kiln was built to hold.
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What the Lanterns Learned
Otta knew how to save a puppet’s past. The young performers needed her to help invent its next step.
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