Artwork Quotes - page 3

My artwork is about resistance, de-colonization, self-definition, self-empowerment and survival. I draw upon myths, family folklore, and indigenismo (a native way of being). I reinterpret and register all these as cultural, visual, iconographic manifestations of my identity. As the subject matter of my art, I exalt a lineage of women, energized from a sacred space of creation. (Santa Barraza)
Every person, every artist makes his life an artwork. View quote
Alejandro Jodorowsky
I produce a lot of my artwork in Germany. View quote
Jeff Koons
Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control. View quote
Jeff Koons
There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers. View quote
James Franco
We get to create and explore different things through our artwork and to have that connection with fans. I feel really blessed. View quote
Shannon Leto
Roger: Well no I think it goes a long way with people who are actually fans of the band. I understand that people who do buy the records are stoked when it's something that has some value and some thought and actually looks cool. Hopefully slowly that will start to get people motivated to buy vinyl again. Not only does it sound better but you get more of an experience with the artwork and stuff and the lyric sheet in your hand rather than on your computer screen. There's something more intimate about that. I think slowly but surely vinyl will continue to kind of hold steady even with people not buying CDs anymore. View quote
Roger Manganelli
I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There's nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great, which CDs can never achieve. View quote
Nikki Sixx
It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying. View quote
Ben Folds
From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation. View quote
Marina Abramovic
When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all myself. Now I understand what everyone's jobs are, who is doing them right, and who isn't. (Aloe Blacc)
I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything. View quote
Chris Martin
All the history, artwork, ancient documents, and secret rituals in the novel are accurate...as are the hidden codes revealed in some of Da Vinci's most famous paintings. View quote
Dan Brown
I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller. View quote
Dan Brown
Our artwork did not hang on the refrigerator or anywhere near it, because our parents recognised it for what it was: crap. View quote
David Sedaris
Ruben Fleischer: "..The principle idea behind M.I.A.'s artwork is to have pretty heavy/political ideas, but to present them in a poppy candy-coated wrapper. So someone might buy her painting because it is pretty to the eye, and not necessarily consider that it is a rebellious image that she is presenting. However, after they've had it for a while, they might start to think - why do I have a pink tank on my wall? ... I think that ["Galang"] is a very successful video in that we have true images of revolution playing on MTV. However, because there's lots of pretty colors and a pretty girl dancing, no one blinks an eye. Hopefully we have succeeded in subconsciously starting the revolution." May, 2005 [after directing music video for "Galang"]. View quote
M.I.A.