Quotes about Artistry

Creativity has got to start with humanity.

An imaginative adventure does not enjoy the same corsets as reportage.

We do live, all of us, on many different levels, and for most artists the world of imagination is more real than the world of the kitchen sink.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

Make today your master piece.

You don't make a great museum by putting all the art in the world into a single room. That's a warehouse.

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason.

I know who the great poets are.

Never a day without a line.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

Maybe that's why I've always thought of God less as an engineer than as an artist—one who uses our hopes, fears, and dreams, and especially our tears, to paint on the canvas of our souls, rendering something beautiful. The hardest part, I suppose, is waiting to see what He's up to.

Maybe that's why I've always thought of God less as an engineer than as an artist—one who uses our hopes, fears, dreams, and especially our tears, to paint on the canvas of our souls, rendering something beautiful. The hardest part, I suppose, is waiting to see what He's up to.