Jonathan Anderson Quotes

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

Practice radical humility. Take no credit for your talents, intellectual abilities, aptitudes, or proficiencies. Be in a state of awe and bewilderment.

There are all kinds of people who I watch and marvel at. Just so many. I'll watch something and go, 'Could I ever have done that?'

Her imagination is rich and vibrant. I have a great love and respect for Rita.

It's just cool to witness talent.

I'm constantly humbled.

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.

I'm amazed that anyone is interested in what I have to say.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

Applause, it's very nice, of course. But when you're giving, and creating, and then there is the silence of everyone sitting there, listening, waiting, that is great.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them.

Me personally, I will always be a fan at the end of the day. No matter how big this gets, I still look up to other artists and people I respect creatively.

It's really weird when you realize the people you look up to - who have influenced or inspired you - start to realize what you do.

Respect the work that you've never done before.

What motivates me is true talent, it's golden when talent acknowledge talent.

I can't even compare ourselves with the Supremes. I adore the Supremes! I can't set myself up as comparison to people I'm in awe of.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

Chris Carter is just a fantastic guy, I have enjoyed working for him, immensely. I loved this character. I don't think I can say enough about Chris. It's just a fantastic thing that he's created and I'm so thrilled that I've been a part of it. I'm very grateful.

I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek, and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.