Quotes About Artistry

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

Creativity is your best makeup skill, don't be afraid to experiment.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Most directors make films with their eyes; I make films with my testicles.

Use your freedom to experiment with visual ideas.

My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song.

Where you find quality, you will find a craftsman, not a quality-control expert.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

The mind of an artist never sleeps, because dreaming is when they do their best work.

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined Id be acting in movies.

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.

Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible.

Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.