Sidney Lumet Quotes

Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

As long as you're true to you, you believe it and you make others believe it, then what you're doing is just art. If you give everybody a blank canvas and some paint, not everybody's picture is going to be exactly the same, but it's still art. I just do what I do.

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory.

I'm a complete deviant. All creative work breaks new ground.

It's nice to have a variety in creative work that I like to do.

I like to find areas where design has not yet gone.

The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.

I was just a very creative kid.

I am a creative person.

Creative instinct is personal.

In the end, your creativity -- perhaps even your outrageousness -- will determine the final result.

Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

I've always been creative, with a huge amount of energy.

I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.

We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.