Quotes About Expression

My god is narrative filmmaking.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.

Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.

When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.

Everybody's saying we've got to go 3D or virtual reality or choose your own adventure. But there are other ways forward. I don't think we're done with film by a long shot.

The YouTube video maker gets more out of making a video than you get out of watching it.

I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.

It's impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.

If there has not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to invent it because I feel at one with the sport.

What is great about art and artists is that we get to ask the questions, even though we may never know the answers.

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.

I write to shed my sacred sorrows.

The mind of an artist never sleeps, because dreaming is when they do their best work.

Let your feelings dream, dreams act, actions speak.

Is it not enough to dip your tongue into my soul and write poetry?

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

I feel very protected when I see a movie. That's why I like making violent movies or radical movies.

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.

You call that a kiss?

I'm not producing movies to make money

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!