“Kurosawa was one of film's true greats. His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled.” ArtFilmNamesAbilityPowerfulVisionGreatnessArt IsStudiosAppropriateDigitalWorks Of ArtKurosawa Author:George Lucas
“I think what's important for myself and anyone else who wants to create a film, or art, is [to] make sure that they have something to say, that they want to share something important, express something important.” ThinkingWantArtImportantFilmShareArt IsWhat's Important Author:Tom Ford
“I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that, because that's a compliment. That's up to others to say about me. The same way, I would never say I do art. I think art is up to history. It's up to other people to utter that word. So I try to be humble.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingArtFilmIntellectualArt IsHumbleComplimentBe Humble Author:John Waters
“You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing.” IfsArtFilmNamesViolenceEffectsHonestCrimeTelevisionArt IsSeriesBeing Honest Author:Michael Haneke
“Art can mean a lot of things. At the heart of it, art is doing something you really believe in. Like my wife, she volunteers helping underprivileged kids, that's her art. To me, anything that you do that you truly believe in makes you an artist. It doesn't necessarily mean being a painter or a film maker. That's art, but there's more to it than that. As long as you're pouring your heart and soul into what you're doing, that's the weapon.” BelieveHeartMeanLongArtSoulHelpingKidsFilmArtistWifeWeaponsArt IsMy WifePainterMakersVolunteerHeart And SoulPouringUnderprivileged Author:Ray Toro
“Writing a film - more precisely, adapting a book into a film - is basically a relentless series of compromises. The skill, the "art," is to make those compromises both artistically valid and essentially your own. . . . It has been said before but is worth reiterating: writing a novel is like swimming in the sea; writing a film is like swimming in the bath.” WritingHas BeensArtSaidBookFilmNovelSeaSkillsArt IsSeriesCompromiseCraftsSwimmingBathsRelentlessAdapting Author:William Boyd
“I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?” KnowsLooksArtShowsWantedFilmArt IsMartial ArtsWowExaggeratedArt Films Author:Wong Kar-wai
“The problem with cinema nowadays is that it's a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes or that comes; in about 30 minutes, it's going to be over and have an ending. So film has become a mathematical solution. And that is boring, because art is not mathematical.” PeopleKnowsArtProblemFilmMinutesSolutionsArt IsBoringMathMathematicalCinemaMath Problems Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“When I look at the 'Rocky Balboa' film when I played the undisputed heavyweight champion, I feel like art is going to imitate life. I played the champ in a movie and I'm going to become the champ in reality.” FeelsLooksArtRealityFilmArt IsChampionHeavyweightsUndisputed Author:Antonio Tarver
“In my view, madness is a place. You go. You come back. And I think we all take turns being the mental patient. Without a touch of crazy, literature can be a desolate place. In the current climate of careful speech, even fearful speech, smoke-free film scripts, thought-free songs, and child-proof locks on American minds, the oft-repeated lament of the arts is "Where have all those wonderful madmen gone?"” ThinkingMindChildrenArtFilmSongTurnsLiteratureViewsGoneWonderfulCrazySpeechArt IsMadnessClimatePatientScriptsCurrentsCarefulProofSmokeFearfulLocksMadmenLamentDesolatePlaces You Go Author:Carol O'Connell
“That's grossing money for other people that has a multiplying factor, but the government doesn't see that. It doesn't see that making a film or culture or art is part of our economy. But the main reason is this, it's part of our identity. I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual and he's stops being an individual.” PeopleThinkingArtCountryReasonGovernmentFilmCultureIndividualImaginationMemoriesEconomyIdentityArt IsFactorsCinemaMultiplying Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I wouldn't say the purpose of making art is to enjoy it necessarily. For me, it happens to be the thing I enjoy the most. I don't even know what the purpose of art is really, I just know that is something that makes me feel satisfied in a way that other things don't. That's all I know, that's why I like to write songs and films or draw. I just like to make things and somehow I find it gives me a feeling of satisfaction that I can't find in other areas of my life.” KnowsWayGivingFeelsWritingArtI CanFeelingsHappensFilmPurposeSongEnjoyDrawsArt IsAreasGive MeSatisfactionSatisfiedPurpose Of Art Author:Sean Lennon
“asically, we got to know other and openly trade stories, and had some time to prep. As far as the 'going too far' thing, the great thing about film art is that you can go too far, and with multiple takes nobody has to see it.” KnowsArtStoriesFilmArt IsTradeGreat ThingsMultiplePreps Author:Luke Kirby
“I wrote on my desk wall when I was writing the film...'Art is socialism, but life is capitalism.' That's the hard thing in all of it if you expect to make a living.” IfsWritingArtHardFilmLife IsWallArt IsCapitalismSocialismDesksHard Things Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I felt, "Oh, film is a great art because I can pull in music and visual imagery, and it has its literary aspects and drama." Film was a sort of Wagnerian synthesis of the arts, as opposed to opera, which Wagner had thought would be. That's another art form that has seen its best days.” ArtFilmDramaArt IsGreat ArtImageryWagner Author:James Toback
“Artists make their work to be seen by others. Well, really we do it to please ourselves, but whatever your art is, you want it to be seen by an audience. In theory, especially in the independent world, ironically, you do stand a chance of making a bit of money if the film gets distribution.” WorldArtFilmArtistChanceAudienceArt IsIndependent Author:Alex Cox
“There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film. And all art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is always making us reassess our thoughts and feelings about how we relate to other people. There are always people who fear that and want to suppress that.” PeopleArtBookFeelingsFilmReligiousDangerousPerceptionArt IsUpsetCensorshipGood ArtZealot Author:John Boorman
“What I think is dreadful about art is the way it's related to the money afterward. Not when you do it... But after that, it's like 5,000 rich people have access to it. A movie, even though it can be a bad movie or a good movie, it is more democratic. The people who buy my films, the people who buy my installations it's sometimes a foundation or a museum. When it's a foundation, it's related to very, very, very rich people - who are your enemies! Your enemies are feeding you. But you're not meeting them. So it's a very strange thing.” PeopleThinkingArtSometimesFilmEnemyRichStrangeArt IsDemocraticMeetingsRich PeopleGood Movie Author:Chantal Akerman
“Whatever they are, can Comics be "Art"? Of course they can. The "Art" in a piece is something independent of genre, form, or material. My feeling is that most paintings, most films, most music, most literature and, indeed, most comics fail as "Art." A masterpiece in any genre, form or material is equally "good." It's ridiculous to impose a hierarchy of value on art. The division between high and low art is one that cannot be defended because it has no correlation to aesthetic response.” ArtFeelingsFilmValuesLiteratureFailingPaintingArt IsIndependentResponseRidiculousAestheticMasterpiece Author:Phoebe Gloeckner
“I like silent pictures and I always have ... I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.” WayArtWantedRememberFilmModernArt IsSilentTechniqueSimplifyModern ArtSimplification Book:Rashomon Source: Rashomon