Art Quotes by Bat for Lashes

8 Art quotes by Bat for Lashes

The musician’s ethereal style translates into brief, evocative thoughts on art. This eight‑quote set offers a quick, atmospheric glimpse into her creative mindset.

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An album is a whole universe, and the recording studio is a three-dimensional kind of art space that I can fill with…

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I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes…

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To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve…

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When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing.…

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I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the…

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All of the art that I love is about peeling back layers and delving into something that's in a subconscious or dream…

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The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie…

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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function…

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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.

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I had Halloween parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my…

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I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle eights and…

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I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone…

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Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching…

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