Jorma Taccone Quotes

I feel lucky that I've been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.

I'm a huge fan of animation, and just the arts in general - anything that emanates from someone's mind and soul and is capable of touching other people's minds and souls.

Being a creative person, I want to feel the highs and the lows.

[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

If you were to say to me that I couldn't paint, I would write. If I couldn't write, I would be a set designer. As long as I'm creating something, I'm happy.

My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make a print!

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

The arts have always been in and around my life.

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.

When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the tone and feel of things. I try to create a place where you feel that anything's possible.

It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.

The magic of movie-making is that you get to fulfill your own dreams.

My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.

Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would not produce the work they do, whatever their particular field.

I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.

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.

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.

You can't be a playwright without believing there's an audience for adventurous work.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.

Turns out Picasso's passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended.