Architecture Quote by Peter Marino

Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics.

— Ken Jeong

If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.

— Bruce Nauman

As an artiste, I take up roles where there is scope to perform and that can reach out to the audience.

— Biju Menon

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

— Cate Blanchett

I get approached to do a lot of commissioned art. Sometimes I do it, but I usually don't, given the day job and everything…

— Tim Fish

At best doing art you feel like you're led by something that doesn't involve you.

— Doseone

I know how to lead a room, but I also know how to take direction and be a contributor as an artist.

— Colman Domingo

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

— Jill Soloway

Some artists don't want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They'll say, 'You make the decisions and tell me what to do.'…

— Tiffany Darwish

This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

— Bill T. Jones

“In making art you need to give yourself room to respond authentically, both to your subject matter and to your materials. Art happens between…

— David Bayles

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.

— Xander Berkeley