Quotes About Change

I think the art of filmmaking is something you learn through actions, by doing it, not by learning theories. And as you do it, your mind starts to change.

Art changes people people change the world.

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea.

If we stepped away from so much of the victimhood talk, I think that would make a big change for the better. It does limit art. The conversation wouldn't just be one-sided.

Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it's not necessary to be radical all the time.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.

The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.

I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot.

I never buy a piece of art. I don't see the point in buying something because I know my eyes will get bored of it eventually.

Machines have come, art has fled, and I am far from thinking photography can help us.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Changing the subject is one of the most difficult arts to master, the key to almost all the others.

When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art.

Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.

The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting them know beforehand what you are going to do.

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.

I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.

I don't think you can talk about progress in art—movement, but not progress.

If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.

There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.

I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.

I read a book called The Art of Loving. A lot of things seemed clear while I was reading it but afterwards I went back to being more or less the same.