Quotes About Expression

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many ways people move forward.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.

Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.

Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer.

Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.

Puberty was very vague. I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar.

The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.

Latin guys dance. American guys don't dance. That's a big difference.

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.

We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.

The artist...is the voice of the people.

I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.

Photography is truth.

I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents.

I am more the inspirational type of speller. I work on hunches rather than mere facts, and the result is sometimes open to criticism by purists.

The latest literary discussions reflect a struggle between two artistic methods - romanticism and realism, with the latter clearly ascendant for the time being.

Always be yourself, there's no one better!

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.

I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue ... It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.

If you're gonna live, then live it up. If you're gonna give, then give it up. If you're gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you're gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.

It is not the bigness of the words you utter, but the force with which you deliver them.