William McFee Quotes

The artist isn't particularly keen on getting a thing done, as you call it. He gets his pleasure out of doing it, playing with it, fooling with it, if you like. The mere completion of it is an incident.

William McFee

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I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

Pat Metheny
- Up
- Trying
- Art
I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.

Xavier Dolan
- Art
- Artists
- Voices
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Work
- Nature
- Genius
What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

Malorie Blackman
- Children
- Love
- Reading
Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

Barry Eisler
- Great
- Art
- Movie
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

T Bone Burnett
- People
- Art
- Business