The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person.

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.

There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.

You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.

One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.

Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Art is fast, but with art you're tied down. That's too negative. What I mean is, you have a business and a place that you go every day. I guess some artists do move around.

Inspiration has to be natural for me, not so considered, I am not saying that is right or wrong, it's simply what works for me.

Defeat in this world is no disgrace and that is what they cannot understand. If you really fought well and fought for the right thing.

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.

I'm timeless, I got that Dickensian, London street-urchin look in high school. I'll never be in style, but I'll always be different.

I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.