John Scofield Quotes

I'm gonna play this game the way I want to. It might be serious, it might be a comedy, it might be a dramedy, it might be variety, it might be a talk show, whatever. There's no box.

In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.

In art, anything goes, and if it goes, it goes.

Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Ideas any one can mould as he wishes.

There are no rules in art.

The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

I just like being versatile, giving new styles and being creative.

The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.

Thankfully, I don't think you can be creative without being free.

- But Abraham, you mean I'm supposed to make stuff up !?!? - You are creators, you make stuff up all the time!

Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

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

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

I want to create. I think that's the one word I can grow on.

Lego allows all levels of complexity. But a child can do their own thing at any level. They can built a pirate ship, for example, and then mash it up with completely different things.

Anything that would kind of label me or put me into a category is kind of what I want to avoid. I like the idea of being completely free, like having no area that I couldn't cover.