Artistry Quotes

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. " "Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on" "Give me a museum and I'll fill it." "I don't write too many things down I like to let it happen organically" "Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there " "You can either be judged because you created something or ignored because you left your greatness inside of you." "Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write." "There is no great genius without some touch of madness" "I want people to feel a deep intimacy in my music and connect to it on another level." "Originality is really important." "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." "The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude" "My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live." "I don't do music for the recognition. I do it because I love it." "I don’t want to be just an actor. I want to be an artist, and there’s a big difference." "Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them." "The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that within ourselves we contain infinite possibilities" "I need to have a bit of distance from the way I personally feel about things in order to stay fresh as an actor" "A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others."