Artistic Judgment Quotes

Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is where the artist had complete freedom.

If I don't feel it when I'm sitting there, if it doesn't give me the feeling I got when I heard 'Pony' or 'So Anxious' or 'In Those Jeans,' I scrap it.

I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people.

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

Art is very subjective and having to put numbers on it seems counterintuitive.

When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.

I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.

Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.

I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.

The one thing about art is you can't question it. Everyone is looking at everyone else to find out what's cool. No one knows what's cool.

I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.

Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect.

Sometimes with artists, I want to hear a few things before I buy the whole album.

When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.

I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

Who are critics? Do they know about music? Have they proved themselves in the field? I remember, when we came up with the music of 'Dil Chahta Hai,' some of the critics said that the songs sounded like jingles.

It's always weird when it comes to awards and awards season because how can you say that this performance is better than this performance? Art is so subjective.

Allow the artist to finish the piece of work before you critique it.

A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, be presumes to place himself on a level with genius.