Creative Statement Quotes

I'm about to sing the song for the future.

A method of painting is a natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.

The debut show, “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary,” is supposed to be about how artists reuse humble or unusual materials. There’s good work here, but much of what’s on view is actually more about obsession and repetition: a couch made out of 3,500 quarters, a necklace composed of 100 handgun triggers. The building, too, seems caught between wanting to be an object of decorative delectation and making an architectural statement.

If you are directing, you have the opportunity to put your signature on the bottom of the frame. You have the opportunity to say, "This is what I believe. That is my credo. That is what I wish to state."

I like to maintain my collection as a provocative collection that makes people think. While certainly my stamp will be visible on Black Fleece, it is meant for a wider audience.

A painting that doesn't shock isn't worth painting.

Fashion is not frivolous.

I made my statement... I had my foot in the '90s.

This is one image. This is one moment. This is one statement. ARTPOP

I sing in Arabic as a statement. It's art, and it's a challenge.

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

I'm not trying to do conceptual art.

I made one untitled piece.

I'm trying to make a big statement - that I'm not just a hook singer.

'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again.

The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.

There's a big difference between sending your art in a statement or something like that, and sending yourself there. When you send yourself somewhere, then you are sharing your information uncontrollably - like all yourself.

I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a self-sustaining, vibrant, long-term artist, and I'm not going away! And if you don't give me credit, then the musical gods will!