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Artistry Quotes

"Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts …. We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box."

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. "

"To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new"

"Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them "

"Contrast is what makes photography interesting"

"When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time"

"You can't steal a gift. If you're talented, it will show in your playin"

"Beauty awakens the soul to act"

"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."

"Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way."

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there "

"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way "

"To create a little flower is the labour of ages"

"I don’t want to be just an actor. I want to be an artist, and there’s a big difference."

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