Quotes About Artistry

The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it.

I do the work with friends who are musicians as well. I'm working on a piece of music and I have an idea of who I want on the vocals, but I don't really have a list.

I am a big fan of photography, more of being behind the camera - so when I get the opportunity to work with such great photographers, I always try and learn from their technique.

As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.

No matter how humble your work may seem, do it in the spirit of an artist, of a master. In this way you lift it out of commonness and rob it of what would otherwise be drudgery.

Any work of art must first of all tell a story.

To watch a master work at anything is a privilege.

When creative people do their best work, they're hardly ever in charge, they're just sort of rolling along with their eyes shut yelling wheee.

I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always be confined to writers of fiction and poetry.

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes.

What can make your work interesting is as much who you are, as how you draw.

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.

If I could work with any actor it would have to be Johnny Depp. He is cool.

Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to great songs.

The real skill of being a writer is being able to take your inspired moments, and make them work as a whole, through the unromantic, daily hard work.

The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.

I always loved Alan Menken songs and wanted my first album to be a tribute to him and his work. I always loved his music.

I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.