Juliet Rylance Quotes

It present to allow me to ask myself questions about what I'm doing. I think that's what visual art does - it either reminds you of something or allows you to question something. I don't know why Robert Motherwell; I love so many different artists.

I know for me as an artist, I think I do myself and my listeners a disservice, if I don't listen to some of the best music out there. If I was an architect or a carpenter, I'm going to want to study the best architects and carpenters and I'm going to appreciate their work, because they're going to inspire me to do well. And I just look at them as great architects and I just appreciate the gift that God gave them.

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'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.

I worked with creative people who were very demanding of me, and they helped me reach performances that I never could have gotten on my own without being pushed and having trust in them. And so I know the best way to get the best performance of an actor, and that's not to coddle them or to baby them. It's to help them; it's to push them.

I see each project as an opportunity to grow as a person and as an actor.

I enjoy going to shows to study other artists. It is important to always remain a student to my craft.

I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand.

When I'm working, on stage, entertaining people, or watching someone do something amazing, it inspires me to be the best artist that I can be. I enjoy being around art - whether it be a museum, a Broadway show - or even writing a poem. Those are things that make me feel alive and inspire me.

I love Maira Kalman. She's an amazing illustrator and writer. I've loved her since I was in college, but when I moved to New York and experienced the same city she was drawing and writing about, I developed a whole new appreciation. Her work made me observe everything so much deeper and more joyfully.

You hope to be a part of something that makes you a better artist when you leave.

The fact that I'm in a group that inspires others artists is just heaven to me.

Often when I feel I am reaching a saturation point in my performances, I think of coming back to NSD and attending workshops.

I was associated with Shaimak Davar for three and a half years and learnt a lot from him.

I just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to see my peers perform because it inspires me to be a better performer as well.

Anyone in the arts has had an experience of seeing someone who they related to doing something and thinking, 'I could do that.' If you have one generation where you force its hand a bit, then the next one fills in the gaps, because it's seen an example of what can be done.

I want to make myself better and get working with some of my biggest influences and make the best music I can.

When you're surrounded by brilliant actors, and teachers who challenge you to go beyond what you thought you were capable of, that's got to be good for you.

I describe my projects using colors because it's the best way to describe 'em. I would say that 'Moon Shoes' was way more colorful than a lot of my other music, just because I was pulling from so many different places. Imagine learning how to talk for the first time, and you're just saying everything.

The more I get to know more artists, the more they inspire me.

I now recognize that having a great company behind you can actually impact your motivation to be more creative.

For my career, I want to be able to do projects that have serious context to them or that make me grow as a person and an artist after the experience.

The beautiful despair is never fruitless. It keeps you going. Like when I first heard Bob Dylan do 'Things Have Changed,' or any time I see any work of art really beautifully done, like Michelangelo's 'The David' or that movie 'Lost in Translation' - it inspires me to try and find my own version of that.

I don't care about the image I have. What matters to me is that with every film, I am growing more and more as an actor, pushing and challenging myself.

I like to take on roles that help me explore a different side of me, collaborate with people who I've always admired or newer people who have something interesting to say.