Elizabeth Berg Quotes

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

It's impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you create.

For all creative people, that's sort of everyone's journey. You feel something inside, and it takes a while to figure out what that looks like and what your voice is.

When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.

Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.

Often, especially young artists, you feel like you should be doing something. And I think that can be very destructive because creativity is about connecting with the stuff that's deep inside you and making something out of that.

The one thing about being a creator, about being an artist, is that you get to explore your ideas. We're fortunate that we're in the position to do that, and I don't take it for granted.

It's impossible to just come up with one thing that I could say to the world. That's why I've spent my life in the pursuit of the opportunity to sing to it. Summing it up goes against what fuels me.

Follow your heart, and your pleasure in art. Don’t do what you think is going to be making you money, or what you’re parents want you to do, or what that beautiful girl or guy thinks you should be doing. Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go. Go out there and make the world more beautiful. I know you can.

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

The first audience that you have when writing a book is you.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

I just like to choose projects that will allow me as an artist to make my art.

I write based on powerful inner impulses, and those seem to shift over time.

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.

I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.

I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try to exert mastery over your world.

There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.

I, in the end, make art for myself.