Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

I feel, you know, empowered because I gave life. I have a son now. I feel like I'm stronger.

I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all.

Being responsible for another human life terrifies me, because I kill plants.

My most amazing discovery was becoming a mother. It changed everything. I can't imagine my life without these little beings.

I gave life, and that is beautiful.

My baby is the joy in my life.

I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?

Everything that went on in my life... it was super important for me to have Camden first. And by that I mean my son and to have that relationship with my son to give me that quiet confidence that I needed as a mother and as a woman. Now with Brooklyn, I am just so at ease; I am so comfortable.

The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.

I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

Motherhood is such an evolving journey.

I think fatherhood would change anybody when you have your first son. It's been amazing.

After having my kids, I definitely feel way more intense. I'm more clear. More sure.

Now, to be a father, that changes everything.

Parenthood changes things a lot.

However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.

I was discouraged about life, discouraged about people being blind, but I don't think I had a day that I ever questioned creativity. There has never been a day like that.

The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little miracle in her arms. She knows it came out of her but not from her, through her but not of her.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

When I had kids I sort of went into a hole for a few years and I think when I came out of that, I started to really become myself and know what works on me.

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form.