Quotes About Inspiration

I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.

Some of the best cooks that I've cooked with, whether it's in New York or Chicago or even here in Philadelphia, are actually Ecuadorians. And there's something about their palates that really just inspires me, and has a really deep sense of flavor.

I grew up the No. 1 Michael Jordan fan on Earth. I was from the Philadelphia area and Jordan was king.

I aspire to be like Paul Newman. He was a man's man, a lady's man, and the epitome of a philanthropist.

I've blown myself up as a revolutionary and conscious artist. As a philanthropist and a performer.

Anybody doing philanthropy has to find something that appeals to them from their own personal background or from intellectual curiosity.

I like Philip Glass. I think he's made some really great contributions to his field. I love his style of playing - it's very loop-style.

I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Guys like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sam Rockwell are the guys I look up to and have the kind of career I'd like to emulate.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.

I couldn't say no to A. Philip Randolph and no to Martin Luther King, Jr. These two men, I loved them, I admired them, and they were my heroes.

I was obsessed with Philip K. Dick.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - I just think he's incredible.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

It was really great to be part of the Philip Roth story as a woman in a very complete way.

I'm a huge fan of Philip K. Dick.

To me Prince Philip was a hero and a role model - and a friend.

I used to read a lot of Isaac Asimov and Philip Dick and 'Inland Empire's' one of the earlier books I read!

Growing up for me in the Philippines was hard to read comic books because I'm blind.

My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.