Adrian Tomine Quotes

The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

Making movies was a real weird kind of adult experience. In a way it was like MIT, in that it was a great education. The big lesson is, people are people. They're smart, funny, creative people, but they're people.

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

Producing is just a big learning experience.

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

I learn from every movie I do because on every movie I have a different experience.

Creating the album 'VIBES' has been the biggest life lesson I have ever learned.

I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

'Red Planet' was a tough movie to make, and I learned a lot about myself. To me, that's a lot more interesting than how a movie does.

That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

For me, working on original material is very important.

There are so many ways to make a book or comic, but most involve doing something online.

Creativity is not about the fame.

The only thing that makes sense to me that I've learnt over the years is knocking tunes together.

The more I learn and grow, the more I feel fulfilled, and even if I'm shooting a commercial for a car or a computer, I try to deliver a filmmaker's point of view where I can learn from the experience. Then I really enjoy it.

When I look back, there isn't a single film that I would disown because with every film, I've learnt a lot.

I have always tried to put content in my work. It is a consistent challenge.

I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.

When I look back at the record and listen to it, I can sort of see where I was at when I was making it - these brief little moments, different places I was at emotionally.

Most of the films that I do help me learn something.

The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself.

Part of my gradual education of myself has been to think that there is a deep relationship between the nature of the creature and the worth of the art.