#is

So you’re trying to make her happy despite the fact that the reason she’s unhappy in the first place is you,” said Simon. “That seems contradictory, doesn’t it?” “Love is a contradiction,” said Jace. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#mortal-instruments #simon-lewis #love

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition. ↗

— David Byrne

#artist #came #fine #i #i came

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? ↗

— David Byrne

#comes #creativity #draw #fixed #i

After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#english #films #hard #i #learn

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing. ↗

— David Byrne

#between #different #doing #drawing #fear

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it. ↗

— David Byrne

#electronic #electronic music #enjoying #everyone #hardly

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. ↗

— David Byrne

#companies #demise #gatekeepers #good #good thing

People use irony as a defense mechanism. ↗

— David Byrne

#defense mechanism #irony #mechanism #people #use

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols. ↗

— David Byrne

#different #pistols #ramones #really #sex

The arts don't exist in isolation. ↗

— David Byrne

#exist #isolation