Quotes About Artistry

For me, creativity is essentially a spiritual experience, a conversation between my soul and me.

I find filmmaking to be a super lonely, alienating experience.

I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience.

There's nothing so freeing as going to rehearsal and having that experience.

The balls it took to proclaim a creative profession, the narcissism.

Failure is my best friend. If I succeeded, it would be like dying. Maybe worse.

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.

Refreshing failures roll off the travel easel like ants from a picnic blanket.

We're all trying to be artists making our own unique statements. I think the only real way to do that is through failure.

It's so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

It was a little like spell-work, I thought, for your hands must be busy, and your mind sharp and free.

Una barca ben costruita, un albero ben cresciuto, una storia ben raccontata, tutti questi per lui erano piaceri.

Ich hatte ihn nicht für so mutig gehalten. Aber natürlich war er das. Künstler, Schöpfer, Erfinder, der größte, den die Welt kannte. Wer furchtsam ist, erschafft nichts.

Impiegai un momento a capire. Non l'avrei mai fatto così sfrontato. Ma era naturale che lo fosse. Artista, creatore, inventore, il più grande che il mondo avesse mai conosciuto. La timidezza non crea nulla.

It wasn't my only gift. I had found a seasoned piece of ash and began to fashion it secretly, carving off its soft layers. Over nearly two months a shape had emerged—a boy playing the lyre, head raised to the sky, mouth open, as if he were singing. I had it with me now, as I walked.

Like a good many men, artists or not, Stone liked to go out with ravishing women who were some kind of crazy, but preferred to go home to somebody sane. With the possible exception of Pablo Picasso, this pattern of behavior is not sustainable for anyone in the long term.

Fame is a by-product. Fame is something that should happen because you do work that speaks to people and people want to know about your work. Unfortunately the personality of people has taken over from the work and the artistry and it's this thing now that stands on its own. I don't think one should ever aspire to being famous.

She has always had a secret liking for this part of the embroidery, the 'wrong' side, congested with knots, striations of silk and twists of thread. How much more interesting it is, with its frank display of the labour needed to attain the perfection of the finished piece.

How much more interesting it is, with its frank display of the labour needed to attain the perfection of the finished piece.

May I keep this?" It was not a question. He was already turning away, placing her miniature painting inside his leather book and tying the straps, so that the bird could never fly away again, even if it had lived.

For me it is essential, essential for the poet to have a new toast, new songs.

Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will

Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.