Quotes about Artistry

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.

I love doing it. Every building is like a person. Single and unrepeatable.

The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like a pianist who acquires a brilliant technique by playing finger-exercises, but never gives a concert.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

In the created world around us we see the Eternal Artist, Eternal Love at work.

I feel that if my only audience is the Christian audience, then I've failed in my mission.

Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.

You can make an album, and people won't get it. Or won't connect with it. Or won't - whatever is going on in the universe at that time, it doesn't really register.

We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.

I think some of the funniest and most artistic people I know are the ones who had a hard time at school. They often have humility and artistry. So, as much as I feel bad for kids who have to go through a rough childhood, I believe that if they can turn it around, it's going to make them better people later on.

When someone is themselves through their music, it's soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me 'cause it's just him talking about him. It doesn't have anything to do with black or growing up in the church; it's where it comes from. It's just soul music.