“I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.”— Michael Tolkin, Griffin Mill, Tim Robbins, imdb.com
“A great editor is the most valuable thing you can have as an artist because sometimes you get too close to something.”— Elton John, interviewmagazine.com
“An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible. He struggles and suffers knowing that he can never realize his most perfect ideal. Occasional moments of ecstasy lure him on, but nothing is final in art, it is always progressing.”— Alvin Langdon Coburn, masters-of-photography.com
“Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it.”— Jasper Johns, amazon.com
“I really like showing what shocks people. I know that people don't like to tell the truth all the time, but what people don't like to say is exactly what drives me to paint.”— Chéri Samba, amazon.com