Mitch Leigh Quotes

I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?

I'm doing the kind of show that I would want to see.

I just want to make TV that I want to see.

You can only make the film that's in you.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.

What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms.

Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want!

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.

Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others. Photography is still a very new medium and everything is allowed and everything should be tried and dared... Photography has no rules. It is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it was achieved.

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

I don't worry about what everyone wants to see. I make movies that please a writer, director and myself. I always think there are enough people smart as me and sensitive as me.

I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.