A Movie Is Something You See, Cinema

If You're A Painter And You Want People To Know Who You Are And Recognize Your Work, You've Got To Build Some Long-term Value.

You’re Supposed To Expand Your Mind To Fit The Art, You’re Not Supposed To Chop The Art Down To Fit Your Mind.

I Guess I Didn't Feel Confident Enough To Be Searching In A Big Public Way. I Was Very Content At The Time To Toil In Obscurity On Things That I Thought Might Point Me In Certain Directions Or Teach Me Certain Things - Not Knowing What That Would Be.

I Think That Music Is A Very Difficult Art Form In Which To Be Avant-garde. When We Sit Down To Listen To A Piece Of Music, I Think Our Implicit Hope Is That We're Going To Find It Beautiful, Or At Least Emotional, On Some Level.

I Guess Why The Ocean's Films Are Hard For Me Is Because On The One Hand You Have To Make Sure The Performances Are There, But On The Other Hand It's A Film That Demands, To My Mind, A Very Layered And Complex Visual Scheme. That Takes A Lot Of Time To Figure Out.