Harry Callahan Quotes

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

To create something you must be something.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

I do not seek. I find.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.

If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

With beauty, I think one never finishes it. I'm always exploring. I like the concept of change.

On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I haven't explored.

I do not want to repeat myself. I want to reach for something I've never attained. This is the excitement of art.

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an abstract way; for the next record, I'd try not to do that. They are all connected in a personal way but it's important not to repeat myself, because then I can always learn something about myself through my work.

The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.