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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.

There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.

I don't feel like I'm putting records out because I have to. It's just my art and I love it.

When I was at art college, a can of Spray Mount adhesive cost £12: £2 more than my weekly food bill.

Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength.

Through eight years, 'How I Met Your Mother' has mastered the art of leading-edge comedy, emotional water-cooler moments, and pop culture catch-phrases.

Before I had my son, I became obsessed by this painting I'd seen in an art gallery. It was a lot of money, but I felt such a rush of adrenaline when I wrote the cheque to buy it. I thought I was going to gaze lovingly at it forever, but after just two weeks, I realised I didn't really like it any more.

Amazon is a corporation, not a philanthropic trust dedicated to the production of works of art and literature.

I wouldn't want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if we were all coding software or running companies. We also want musicians to awaken our souls, writers to lead us into fictional lands, and philosophers to help us exercise our minds and engage the world.

Make good art.

I've spoken before on how the art of storytelling has been lost a bit. I definitely feel 'Empire' is helping to reprogram us back to that place where we pay attention and invest emotionally in the records and the artists.

I don't think anybody becomes an actor to serve theatre or to serve art anywhere. We all become actors because we are insecure people who want to be looked at. That was the reason I became an actor.

As awkward as it is to manoeuvre a ladder around the squared circle, there is an incredible art to 'excellently executing' a ladder match.

As an actor I have no hang-ups whatsoever about cinema. It can be mainstream, art, regional or national.

As far as reading is concerned, I like historical and political books and works of art.

We're trying to elevate humanity and not preach to humanity in the way we approach our art. We're always just trying to get a good party going.

Museums and galleries do recruit art historians, but they are overwhelmingly white and middle class, or else from abroad. They understandably fret about the lack of diversity in their curating departments, but is it any wonder?

A contemporary artist like Grayson Perry is brilliant partly because of his expert knowledge of art history, not despite it.

Studying art history is actually one of the few ways of getting a good job in the arts sector. It's hard to be a museum curator without it, work in any senior position in an auction house or gallery, or become a serious art critic.

It's always been a mantra to me, when making music or creating art, that you have to be vulnerable.

The ballet world I don't think is an art form that is quick to change or to adjust or evolve.