Quotes About Artistry

I'm so passionate about my writing, there's page-spunk pouring out of my fingertips.

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Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper. (pp.28-29)

I say novelist, not writer. The novelist is one who, according to Flaubert, seeks to disappear behind his work.

When you're creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.

Music is an addiction.

For me, music and life are all about style.

But you've got to have style in whatever you do -- writing, music, painting, fashion, boxing, anything.

I love Neil Finn. I've loved everything he's done since Split Enz.

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

I love doing what I do, but I don't like seeing the finished product.

I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me.

I love to photograph the tools of one's trade: Duncan Grant's paintbrushes, the typewriter of Herman Hesse, or even my own guitar, a 1957 Fender Duo-Sonic.

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

I love ballet and I love dancing...... It's a little boring for me to go to the gym because I'm used to the dancing discipline - It's really hard, but much more fun.

The thing that I'm most in love with is the thing that I'm writing at the moment.

I love sight gags and broad stuff, but you can get to such a subtle degree, especially with CG animation.

I don't know, the artist thing is not me. I love making music, though.

I'm not sure that is correct but I love that interpretation - that we artists never go out of self-portrait.

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too.

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.