Quotes About Creation

Whatever it means for us to exist, we do so as creatures created, as the universe has been created, to glorify God.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to magnify the glory of the world.

To me, ideas are like annoying salespeople that only go away once I've built them.

When you do a movie, you shoot, and then you go away. A lot of the times you walk about from the movie, you say, 'Oh, I get that scene now... Oh, that whole ending - I wish I could have done another shot.'

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. It is to create something that will.

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.

Fear created the first gods in the world.

We're basically TV gods.

I always worry I've probably written one too many Bernie Gunther books and that I should probably give him his gold watch.

Good art is never made in studio. Good art I make in life.

I think all art - if it's good - is a result of really trying to create something that you can't put into words. Where language ends is where good art begins.

I consider all my songs as my children and I don't think any father gets tired of his children, otherwise he's not a good father.

The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.

If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make.

On a good night, I probably make three songs, and none of them are full songs.

I don't really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it.

Cinema is a director's medium; it's his story and his vision. If it's a good story, people will connect to it.

When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of that book. I think that's really a good thing.

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

My story is very long. And for somebody to write a good story, one needs a good writer, too.

I have completed the construction of my burrow and it seems to be successful

My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs.

I am in the world only for the purpose of composing.