Byron Howard Quotes

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I'm really an artist. I really do this. I don't need the money. It doesn't matter to me.

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.

There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.

I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I'm not doing this to get somewhere else. I'm doing it because I'm doing it.'

It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake.

I've hit a point where my big luxury is getting to work on the things I want to work on. That's my hobby. It's being able to do a movie like 'Chef,' where you don't get paid, where you get paid scale, but you get to do exactly the movie you want to do. To me, that's worth more to me than whatever money I would have gotten paid.

And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge.

I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

You may be basing a portion of your self-worth on your bank account without even realizing it. Try to pinpoint the activities and qualities that, free of charge, fulfill you.

I'm sure fame is yet to come; however, it's not my ultimate goal. I really just want to be able to tell stories, and create, and do it for a living.

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

I think the biggest reward is not physical. I rather obtain things spiritually. I mean, it's so cool to be acknowledged by the public, but that's not my goal. That's not why I make music. I would do it anyway, if there was no reward.

It's not always about huge giant commercial success. It's about art.

I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.

I only want to make enough money to make more music.

I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.

Writing is its own reward.

I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children.