Quotes About Expression

If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.

You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.

I can explain my work to the cleaner or the president; it's all the same to me. I am very communist in this way.

People always ask what my inspiration is, and it's never something that's easily explained.

I want my music to do the explaining.

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.

When I worked with David LaChappelle, I was stimulated... He was explaining how he does things, how he works. I realized what an artist is, so I thought that's what dancers should experience.

The first 12 bars of 'Pre-Occupied' explains my entire career.

I think sometimes you need a little more explanation than the characters that you're allowed on Twitter.

Sometimes I think I've been too honest, and other times, too explicit.

It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.

I think we run into issues when our online brands are not rooted in who we are, and I think we need to have explicit discussions with ourselves about who we want to be, what we want to represent, and how we want to express that.

I dance because it makes me want to explode.

I feel like if I couldn't write, I would explode.

That's what's so wonderful about collaborating: your idea can explode and become something else.

Art seduces, but does not exploit.

All art is exploitation.

Acting is constant exploration.

It's not like I wake up and think, 'Now I'm going to go to work.' It just feels like a continuing exploration.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.