Vincent Price Quotes

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

What I feel fortunate about is that I'm still astonished, that things still amaze me. And I think that that's the great benefit of being in the arts, where the possibility for learning never disappears, where you basically have to admit you never learn it.

You can't always do that which you can do in your sleep. That doesn't fulfill an artist. You're looking for places where you can grow, in some way, whether it's a large way or a small way. I want to grow as an artist, as a person and as a woman. I want to enjoy myself and my life and the company that I'm keeping. I want to bring something to the table that's different than anything else would bring, but that has its place and value, and then keep moving.

The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off - it was right inside my ordinary daily self - If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.

I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not all.

The practise of an art is essential to the whole man, not because of what art is but because of what art does to the artist.

When Goya was 80 he drew an ancient man propped on two sticks, with a great mass of white hair and beard all over his face, and the inscription, "I am still learning."

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

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

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.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

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!

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

I still take acting, singing, and dance classes. I think no matter where you go in your career, you can always learn more and better yourself.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

As an artist, you want to do roles that challenge you and say something.

I began working quite young, writing, growing, maturing, always striving to top myself - to make people laugh hard at things they know and believe deep in their hearts to be true.

I get to learn and teach something new everyday.

There's a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

I need art around me always.

I learned so much, and I feel I have grown as an actor and as a person.

I think that it's important that actors keep getting challenged every day. For every creative person, it's a terrible moment when they say they have done all they want to do.

Even at the age of 36, I'm always looking at ways to improve.