Bryce Dessner Quotes

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.

It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.

I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.

Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better.

Although I consider myself a direct descendant of the Renaissance heritage, I believe that an artist has to follow his own evolution and not solely be a ruminant of the past, as glorious as it may have been. An artist conducts a search that may lead him far out in exploring new areas of interest. I continually search to discover new and better means of expression.

Anyone in the arts has had an experience of seeing someone who they related to doing something and thinking, 'I could do that.' If you have one generation where you force its hand a bit, then the next one fills in the gaps, because it's seen an example of what can be done.

One thing that feels very important to me as an artist is to continually challenge myself and push myself to do all kinds of different things.

I was writing when I was very young, and then I became interested in everything - I wanted to do photography. I wanted to act. I wanted to write plays, and then I wanted to film and to paint, but I felt that film had a condition that reunites everything.

We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's journey. It's a pretty amazing path.

I think if you're a creative person, then you're always kinda looking to move things along - 'Where else can I go? Where can I take this?' From painters to photographers - anything creative in the arts - if you're a true artist, I think you'll always look to do something else. 'Where else can I go with it?' Do you know what I mean?

If you're any kind of artist, you've got to ... keep opening yourself to new possibilities.

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 hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new dimension that I haven't been familiar with before.

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

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

I think that as an artist, the more that you can do to diversify, and kind of challenge yourself, the more you grow.