Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure Thee to take away my ….

In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these compon….

Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his energ….

An artist should have more than two eyes..

I love movies to death. I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies and as soon as I was able to get a subway pass when I was 14 I j….

Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It's really not about other people's needs and assumptions. I'm not intere….

Art can only be taught by artists..

[Art is] an attempt to escape from life..

I really like the city of Vienna. I like its art, its music and its architecture. In short, I like the culture that Vienna represents. What really ca….

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it”.

The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be tre….

It's really interesting with art-movies too, but art especially - to see how your attitude toward artists and works and your level of appreciation of….

If I do a lot of television, than I miss theater. If I do a lot of theater, than I miss film. This global thing of performing arts gives me strength..

It is because of the servility of photography that I am fundamentally contemptuous of this chance invention which will never be an art but which plag….

When a sculptor creates a sculpture, a writer writes a novel, or a painter paints a motif on a canvas, he needs talent and expertise. But to be succe….

I think casting is really important. Finding the right sensibility for the right part is an art in itself. If you're off there, you make it harder on….

If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And thous didst it of thine obstinacy. For I sought to t….

When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally true are….

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art..

Go where youre celebrated - not just tolerated..

It's always dangerous to prescribe an idea on other people. I think people's interactions with art are their own, and will be far more interesting an….