Creative Excellence Quotes

HBO spends almost a month perfecting an episode. They shoot at the same speed that you would shoot a major motion picture, and they give you all of the things that you need to succeed. They really do support their artists.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

I only want to put out the best for myself and my subscribers.

Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In a world where so many companies are willing to cut corners, to do things the easy way in order to enhance the bottom line, it's gratifying to know that there's one company that obviously takes such pride in its finished product, one company that can always be counted on to design and produce a book that is, itself, as much a work of art as the illustrations on its pages.

Western culture is what gave us Mozart, and Da Vinci, and Wagner, and Beethoven.

When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.

This is a fast-paced world we live in, especially the sports and entertainment industry. There is a constant demand for performance, for something new, something excellent. That doesn't just happen. You have to have enough inside to pour out.

As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality.

It seems this is an age of clever critics who keep bewailing the fact that there are no works worthy of criticism.

The most important thing is to make quality music that will last.

I don't like being naïve about the market, and I always try to make things as great as I can. Then I hope that there's an audience that enjoys them, and that hopefully those things get protected.

There's no making art for art's sake. You've got to make the best art you can.

Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring with another heavyweight champion.

With Dr. Dre, he's a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why 'Detox' is taking so long. It's because Dre is somebody that is trying to top what he's done. Will he do it? I don't know if he ever will, but I respect that he's trying to do so. You have to wait for a masterpiece.

Cinema which is well-made, for any kind of audience, is worthy of being watched by just about anybody who would like to watch a good story being told.

The success of Indian music at the Oscars is a great achievement.

Once I finish something, if I don't feel that it's absolutely fabulous, there's no way I would ever let it be recorded, I wouldn't even present it to a producer.

Especially when it comes to something like the awards, I find it kind of baffling that 'True Blood' has been snubbed so many times given the incredible range of acting they have on there; I mean, incredible storytelling and the incredible production values.

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

I just feel if you are an artist, you always have something to prove, if you are in music or in films, you have to prove that you can still do your best.

I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos.

I think we always have to put forth music that's better than the last.

I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts…. its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.

You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant

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