Carine Roitfeld Quotes

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work.

The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.

Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.

Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.

I've been dancing for 10 years.

I know it looks like Burt walks through his movies, but he doesn't; he works hard to make it look that way, and the work is tough.

Because I am of a generation and slightly old-fashioned, my bottom line belief is what you do is you rehearse and you work and you own it. Of course, you hone it during the first few performances but once you have it honed, not that you must ever assume it is perfect, part of the craft is being able to repeat that.

Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.

I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.

I work hard at it [delivery of lyrics], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something I sit down and do. You have to learn and keep learning.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

Either you have the ability to hit or not. But I also think you have to work at it.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

I always try to write the best I can.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work.

Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.

You only get better by playing.