I had the advantage of making a movie about a man who was an artist himself, and an artist of the shadows, in the sense that he understood life's lonelinesses and life's mistakes, and that people make them. In that sense, he wasn't interested in hiding them.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It was all done at the same time. We sort of arranged the whole thing and cut it in half. A good exa... SHAVO ODADJIAN I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual ... JOHN W. DIXON When I heard that James Mangold was directing a movie about the life of Johnny Cash, I wanted to do ... JOAQUIN PHOENIX In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a... PAUL DANO Frank was a sort of anthropologist in that sense. He really celebrated these lives, and these people... BARRY MILES You always got the sense that Irving was performing himself. He had a very strong sense of himself a... BRIAN TREHEARNE Like many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist. LEMONY SNICKET I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, ... RENE AUBERJONOIS Let your little inspire someone greatly and greatly be the reasons for the smiles of someone in litt... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Let your little inspires someone greatly and greatly be the reasons for the smiles of someone in lit... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets... DANIEL SUNJATA The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ... CHRISTINA ENGELA An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serio... PETER BEARD An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxi... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first;... JEMIMA KIRKE He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god. ROMAN PAYNE From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out wha... REYNOLDS PRICE Were you there?” She shook her head. “No. I was here in Nain having a child.” �... FRANCINE RIVERS Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when h... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when h... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with... THORNTON WILDER Maybe 'Doonby' will haunt people for awhile and make them wonder, 'What was that really ... ERIN WAY You might call him a promiscuous sitter, ... He would sit for just about any artist in the last 10 y... FRED VOSS How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an ... FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from... EMINEM Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I ... OMARI HARDWICK I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had i... HENRY OSSAWA TANNER There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without t... RAINER MARIA RILKE You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value it... CARLISLE FLOYD The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself. PAULINE KAEL If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well,... LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to
himself . . . that a tiger is an optical illusion--... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and r... BIBLE The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS I have my own little sense of style. As far as image goes today for a new artist, you'll find that f... MIRANDA LAMBERT Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; ... EZRA POUND The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. [Leo] left a wonderful legacy. He was always involved in every aspect of community. He was wonderful... JANICE FARINON The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity. ASHLEY MONTAGU The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes that he who distrusts them. CAMILLO BENSO CONTE DI CAVOUR Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER He is a great artist. He may be the finest artist among American writers since William Faulkner and ... HAROLD BLOOM It’s easy to count other people’s mistakes. Make your own if you can. LJUPKA CVETANOVA A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashame... VAN WYCK BROOKS I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling ... BEN KINGSLEY The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the pr... PAULO FREIRE I never thought of celebrity. I'm just happy it found a home and that maybe people will find beauty ... JULIE BURROWS Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audi... DAVID CRONENBERG An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reaso... ANDY WARHOL The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and t... LORD CHESTERFIELD Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have '... WAYLON JENNINGS Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and... DAVID HERBERT DONALD He's been a bit of secret. People of course know him as an actor and director, but you ask him, he w... DOUGLAS CHRISMAS I have no interest in murder, and I have no interest in people dying, ... But I'm interested in peop... DARON MALAKIAN Funnily enough, I did a play called 'Jumpy' on the West End before I did 'Divergent,'... BEN LLOYD-HUGHES As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist. CHARLTON HESTON If a poet or an artist puts himself into his Productions he is criticized. But that is exactly what ... SØREN KIERKEGAARD I'd never met a woman I considered as intelligent as me. That sounds bigheaded, but every woman I me... JOHN LENNON What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphy... FEDERICO FELLINI I'm a big people watcher and a people talker. The beautiful thing about being an artist and a cr... AVA DUVERNAY En inglés, Borogove’” I said. “But what if I don’t finish this painting in time?” TERRY BISSON the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The most important lesson I took from Miles was his certainty as an artist. He was criticized in a l... CHICK COREA We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way. DAVID HOCKNEY My dad was an artist in his own right and had a studio in our basement when I was a kid. My twin sis... JACQUELYN SINGER He told them that he knew it was fake and that he had gotten it from an unknown man. YVONNE MARTINEZ In a sense, the movie is about what happens when an old romance returns unexpectedly and also the an... BRYAN SINGER Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs dow... SHANIA TWAIN It's an adventure. I mean I spent a lot of time in the Himalayas and over the years have come to kno... JOE ROHDE Lifes biggest fear, is fear itself.
Fear makes you lose your sense of trust.
Fear (not hate) is the ... RENATE VULLINGS As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpo... SAM HUNT Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without t... RAINER MARIA RILKE He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enought of the... WILLA CATHER He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of the ... WILLA SIBERT CATHER He's an emotional guy. But I don't think he understood why this was happening. He was a little throw... BART SCHOUTEN It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more in... EZRA POUND Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit... RAY CHARLES No one asked an artist who was great in his 20s and 30s why he was still painting in his 40s and 50s... EDWIN MOSES Cole Sear: Some magic's real. THE SIXTH SENSE I have not discussed that with anybody in the organization, to this point, so where that came from I... THE SIXTH SENSE The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. G. K. CHESTERTON As an artist, illustrator, and photographer, most of my daily work was formed around the Art & E... JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD Make every day count... Even when you think it's the worst day of your life; for you never know when... SOLANGE NICOLE Fool! Never wait on a man! Let him wait on himself! V.C. ANDREWS Richard Nixon was an evil man - evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of... HUNTER S. THOMPSON An artist is identical with an anarchist,' he cried. 'You might transpose the words anywhere. An ana... G.K. CHESTERTON
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LEBRON JAMES Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. WILLIAM JAMES See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they s... JAMES AVERY I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe... JAMES TAYLOR I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated. JAMES FRANCO I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ... JAMES HILLMAN The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,... JAMES HILLMAN Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. JAMES DYSON Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. WILLIAM JAMES To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ... JAMES BUCHANAN A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ... JAMES ALLEN The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t... JAMES WOLCOTT It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t... JAMES MONROE We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ... THEO JAMES In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c... JAMES BELUSHI An actor should be judged by his performance only. JAMES DEAN I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki... JAMES DEAN When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi... JAMES DEAN To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea... 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LEBRON JAMES There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w... LEBRON JAMES Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h... LEBRON JAMES Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself. LEBRON JAMES When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable. LEBRON JAMES I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed. LEBRON JAMES I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it. LEBRON JAMES Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it... JAMES DENTON There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone. LILY JAMES Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ... 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