Romain Gavras quotes

It's hard for new directors to find good tracks because we don't usually get to choose good music by good artists. I honestly think music videos will slowly die out. There will always be a few directors who do cool things. But look how many great videos there were in the '90s, and then look at the 2000s. It's depressing.
-- Romain Gavras

#Depressing #Thinking #Artist

When Gaddafi came to Paris in 2007, he was supposed to stay at the Hôtel de Marigny, which is the best hotel. But Gaddafi came with a tent. It was this huge flagged tent - just him and his army guards, who were all girls. They were in these crazy leopard outfits. I mean, Gaddafi is way better dressed than any pop star in the world.
-- Romain Gavras

#Girl #Crazy #Mean

Unfortunately, I think music videos are a dying breed because there is no money in them.
-- Romain Gavras

#Thinking #Dying #No Money

While the Tamils were inventing cabs and leather jackets, we Greeks were busy inventing philosophy. But I guess everybody needs cabs and leather jackets.
-- Romain Gavras

#Philosophy #Greek #Busy

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.

I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.

An artist’s job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.

I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.

Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are. That's an interesting fact when you take the idea of making money, making a living selling paintings. Only a dozen or two painters do that.

An artist who dedicates his life to art, burdens his art with his life, and his life with his art.

We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.