Quotes About Expression

At times I'd much rather talk about other work.

I always work out of uncertainty but when a painting's finished it becomes a fixed idea, apparently a final statement. In time though, uncertainty returns.. your thought process goes on.

I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.

All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.

I think people have come to expect that in artistic representation; that every work of art should be a work of extravagant hope.

To work from nature is to improvise.

Painting pictures is simply the official, the daily work, the profession, and in the case of the watercolours I can sooner afford to follow my mood, my spirits.

I guess I dont come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look like in my head, and if they dont match up, I find it frustrating.

A work of art is a form that articulates forces, making them intelligible.

Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.

An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.

I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

There is no Sixth Commandment in art. The poet is entitled to lay his hands on whatever material he finds necessary for his work.

I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends.

What matters most to me? To work with my model until I have it enough in me to be able to improvise, to let my hand run free.

For the artist to attach himself to his work, or identify himself with it, is suicidal.

Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way.

I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.

It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or work requiring methods and techniques of the Renaissance Masters.

You can't just say, "I'm gonna have style." You have to work at it. It's intuitive; some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.