Artistic Desire Quotes

It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music

I think that's always the hope - I mean, I can't speak for others, but I think other artists, no matter what type of medium they are using - whether it be from painting to acting to dancing, songwriting, or anything like that - I believe the desire is to get to the truth, and I think it's really hard to tell the truth.

I'd love to work with Pharrell, but it's annoying because everyone is working with him now, and you don't want to be like, 'Oh, I want to work with you, too.' But he is the dream.

To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream.

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there's just been an innate desire to feel that connection.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!

Poetry is a satifying of the desire for resemblance.

I always wanted to be a singer - my whole life, all I ever did was sing around the house.

When I was young, I loved movies so much I wanted to make one.

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.'

My problem is I'm not talented enough to do everything, but I want to do everything. I'm like, 'Oh God, I wish I could dance! Oh God, I wish I could rap!' I can't be a rapper, and I'm sure as hell not going to be able to dance for a living, but I want to do it all, you know?

Braque always said that the only thing that counts, in painting, is the intention, and it's true. What counts is what one wants to do, and not what one does. That's what's important.

If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had written some poems that people are not going to forget.

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

I have a hunger for good roles.

I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.

I sense a Threshold: Light to Silence, Silence to Light - an ambiance of inspiration, in which the desire to be, to express, crosses with the possible Light to Silence, Silence to Light crosses in the sanctuary of art.

I wish I had the guts and talent to be a good comedian. I love the idea of it, yet I'm terrified of it. I'd also love to play music in front of people.

I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn.

You never do a movie and not want it to work. You accept whatever it is. You have to, but nobody in their right mind would not want the movie to be getting talked about at the end of the year.

I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.

When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.