Marcus Sakey Quotes

I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings.

Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that by trying. It's like teaching a child to walk. It may start by walking, but eventually it will fall. And I have kids, but I know that that will enable them to stand up again and understand why they fell, and how they can avoid that. They will walk better and faster, and stronger. Filmmaking is the same.

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.

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.

What we look for in the school is unrealized potential.

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

You learn something new on every film.

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

I tend to think that every new song I make is better than the last one.

An artist must be open to both appreciation and criticism. It's a part of the learning process, or else there is no growth.

You're never static as a performer. You either get better or you get worse. As I see it, you have an equal chance at either.

Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human.

When you start a new project, no matter if it's a movie like Enigma or an album like Goddess, you are always learning something. While I search, I find something new.

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.

It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.

As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?

Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.

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

Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than I knew how to play. I hope the same thing is true with acting.

I think my tendency when working is to try and find what's lacking in my current project and then tackle that in whatever I do next.

I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time.

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale.