Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.

I think that there has been a slow recognition that there's a mind at work here, and there's a skill and some bit of artistry, and that I could probably do other things. Otherwise, I don't know that I would've been given the opportunity to do Paris, Je T'Aime.

There is something wonderful about singing and writing music, I think there is something special about creativity and the ability humans have in that area.

I think that's, it's my way of writing, it's my, it's part of you know for lack of a better word, God-given talent that I have that I'm really good at that kind of dialogue.

There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate.

Many have genius, but, wanting art, are forever dumb. The two must go together to form the great poet, painter, or sculptor.

My family was not an artistic family, but somewhere in my head, I thought I might be good at it. I don't know why I thought it. I had no evidence to think I might be good at it.

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.

It's an intangible thing, this thing we call talent, especially if we're in a position to teach and mentor others.

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

From 20 years of experience hiring artists out of the schools, I know-they get worse every year. They're absolutely ridiculously retarded now.

Someone who is an artist can say, 'I can create and can make what I create disappear.'

I cannot write poetically, for I am no poet. I cannot make fine artistic phrases that cast light and shadow, for I am no painter. I can neither by signs nor by pantomime express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer; but I can by tones, for I am a musician.

My family is filled with amazingly talented painters, musicians, vocalists.

I won a competition in primary school for my painting of Nottingham's Goose Fair; it was a riot of colour with glitter and sequins.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.

Clare Henderson creates the most beautiful delicate prints and paintings.

I'm the seventh child among eight siblings and have always had a gift for art.

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

I think it's important when you make a record that you know you're working with the people who are going to get the best out of you.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don’t understand but something I’m able to harness and use. While electricity remains a mystery, I know I can plug into it and light up a cathedral or a synagogue or an operating room and use it to help save a life. Or I can use it to electrocute someone. Like electricity, creativity makes no judgment. I can use it productively or destructively. The important thing is to use it. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.