Misty Copeland Quotes

I just would like to be challenged. I want to push myself to the limit, and constantly challenge myself and grow as an artist. That's where I want to go. Explore different things, different characters, in film, and just everything!

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue.

Well to be perfectly frank with you I never created art or have done demonstrations for anyone before myself artistically. I always do it to try to push my own envelope to be the best I can be.

I really just want to continue to challenge myself. And I want to continue to grow as an artist. I never want to stop.

I'm always concerned about growing as an artist.

I think that new artistic challenges help you grow both as a person, as an artist, and then they feed back into your other work, and tend to magnify it.

I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist.

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.

I find that with dance - and with the arts in general - because I want to grow in my performance, I have to come face to face with my own personal challenges.

For me, what's important is to be inspired and keep moving to grow as an artist and as a person.

When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else.

I've made a lifelong attempt to involve myself deeper and deeper in my medium.

You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged.

The more I grow as a person, the more I grow as an actor.

My time at Berklee College of Music was probably my greatest period of artistic growth and internalisation.

One is never done growing as an artiste. So, it's important to find roles that challenge me and make me learn new things.

You want, as an artist, to be pushing yourself to do what you haven't done before.

I didn't want to be an artist in the same place I worked. You could always have people that might feel like you would do something more for yourself.

As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you can surprise yourself, and you want to surround yourself with the highest caliber of people that will make you look good.

I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively.