“When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayDoeArtStillsCultureCitiesStreetsBuiltDollarsEntertainmentBillionsStatuesEntertainersOld Culture Author:Fred Armisen
“You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes so many different things. Because we forgot there was emotions involved.” KnowsArtDifferentEmotionEmotionalInvolvedArt IsDifferent ThingsFabricCommodity Author:Marina Abramovic
“I think that music and art and film, at their best, can connect with something that is eternal in human beings, that might not have so many labels on it, something that's ultimately universal and that may just be a feeling.” ThinkingHumansMayArtFeelingsMightFilmHuman BeingsEternalUniversalLabels Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.” PeopleWorldPersonsArtBlackCompassionPracticeHonestySourceGrayGood People Author:James Altucher
“Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.” ThinkingWantWellsArtFightingVersionsUnexpectedMartial Arts Author:Scott Adkins
“I did martial arts since I was 10 years old, and I've got as much love for the movies as I have for martial arts, so when I was 18 years old, I started studying performing arts with the eye of getting into the film industry and went to drama school after that.” YearsArtEyeSchoolFilmStudyIndustryDramaPerformingMartial ArtsFilm IndustryMuch LovePerforming Arts Author:Scott Adkins
“Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting.” PeopleNeedsLittlesArtStillsHappensInterestingCommonRaceMusic IsGenderSexualityGreat ThingsDiscussionEntryArt And Music Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I liked to explore different arts. But when I started acting, I knew this was the medium I want to be in for the rest of my life. Stories onscreen affect me the most.” WantArtDifferentStoriesActingMediumsLife Story Author:Moran Atias
“Italy was a surprise in my life. I went there just to make money and then go back to Israel and study psychology. The arts wasn't something I grew up with or thought I could be part of.” ArtStudyPsychologyGrewGrew UpSurpriseIsraelMaking Money Author:Moran Atias
“Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.” WorldCountryLastsBeautyStrangeTomorrowYesterdayRuinsEmpiresMiddle EastInchesResortsHauntingJordanMonarchsTimelessnessCountry Love Author:King Hussein I