Howard Pyle Quotes

You put your heart and soul into something, and you really hope that people love it as much as you do.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

I just really always try to do what's in my heart and I'm still passionate about the music; I still love what I am doing.

Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things.

If I can't put my heart and soul into a film, I don't take it up.

I've always followed my heart. With every project that I've ever chosen, it's been something that I felt I couldn't live without, and that I couldn't spend another day of my life not knowing that I didn't do that role, gave my all to that role, and gave all of my emotions and soul to it.

Take the leap. If you love theater more than anything, take the leap. It's so rich if you give over fully to it; there are no halfers or returnsies in this business - if you don't... There's no way to go other than full tilt with your life and job.

A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer.

I love the passion you go through while you're creating.

Can one truly be passionate about something if they are not committed to it?

Once I came to acting, it was almost a thing where there weren't enough hours in the day to work on stuff because I was so passionate about it.

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.

All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.

You can recognise when a film-maker really, really cares about what they're doing.

My mum wouldn't do a film for money. She does it as a passion. That's why she's involved in things that are so brilliant. She really cares about what she does.

If your heart's not into what you're selling, you're not going to make it.

I go in full with my heart.

When you're super passionate about something, you're more willing to do all of the grunt work. You know, like, I'm so willing to live on a bus for my whole life because that means I get that one moment on stage or that one moment in the studio that totally fills me.

If people see that you're passionate about what you're creating, they're going to enjoy it.