Quotes About Opportunity

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

When a stock doubles, sell half - then what you have is a free position. Then it becomes more of an art form. When you sell depends on individual circumstances.

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college, and it just gradually happened.

Art is something that everyone should be able to have access to.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

The art world seems so much bigger than it was when I was growing up.

I was 11 when I was first introduced to live drawing classes and going to art school.

I knew my ticket out of the suburbs was art school, so I worked really hard to develop my portfolio and get a scholarship.

Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.

The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.

I began my career in the arts as a model, before adding my hats as an actress, a photographer, a journalist and now, filmmaker. I've seen and experienced it all.

But generally speaking, people weren't fired, art jobs were very hard to get, so something really calamitous had to happen to a person who was working there in order for you to find a space.

If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me, "We're blessed to have the opportunity to do this." So just keep that in mind.

I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."

Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.

I went to a private school in Singapore and they had an incredible arts program. Every day I was doing something artistic.

I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.