George Edward Woodberry Quotes

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

I'm an artist in my heart.

In the domain of art there is no light without heat.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

Great art would have 'head': it would have interesting intellectual ideas and concepts. It would have 'heart' in that it would have passion and heart and soul. And it would have 'hand' in that it would be greatly crafted.

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

I feel fiery in my life. I feel fiery in my art.

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.

The boyhood dream of becoming a painter stays important to me.

It's so difficult to actually come up with ideas that you really fall in love with, you know? That's the most difficult thing about filmmaking - and that's my main challenge in life.

I love creating things that come from my gut and my soul.

I am not really into paintings, to be honest, but for me, the art I love is when I see singers putting their heart into their song, actors giving the performance of their lives, and books and movies that make me feel something I never thought I could; there's art in everything as long as it's made with soul.

I have such deep appreciation for artists who have the ability to create something from within, something completely unique and original to each piece of work.

This creating? It's my passion.

I would say that artists have to be good lovers.