If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films... Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing.
What one person might see as violent, someone else may see as beautiful. Maybe even art.
Most of the art I have is more on the beautiful side than the violent or disturbing side.
I think art can reflect tragedy.
This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them.
I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.
All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.
We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring.
I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.