Creative Success Quotes

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Whenever I view success, I'm dressed as Mozart on an island.

You can't succeed unless you've got failure, especially creatively.

If you have 50 years in the business, you can probably count on only five good movies.

High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.

A lot of my friends do creative things and are doing really well at what they do - some writers, some artists. I'm in a driven circle. I've had a lot of opportunities that other people wouldn't necessarily have and seen some cool places.

I just hope that my fans continue to like my work.

Whether it's a huge hit or sold five copies, as long artistically and creatively I can stand by what I did, then I'll feel successful.

There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck.

When a filmmaker tries to make a good film and if he gets success in that then definitely it's a nice feeling.

Absolutely, you rise and fall based on your creative team.

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.

It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it.

I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she's accomplished at such a young age absolutely impresses me.

I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

When I was 25 years old and had no money - and didn't know how to make movies and had no experience - I was able to get $25,000 together, and that film was 'The Brothers McMullen.'

When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.

'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don't really like the show. They don't like 'The Simpsons' at Fox.

I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.

It's always surprised me that the most successful and really amazing shows are also the happiest environments and very welcoming.

I've made a career making stuff that nobody sees, so anything that I can do to help make something that people are going to enjoy and want to see over and over again, then I'm there.

People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.

I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.

You want every movie to be a hit. But every painting isn’t a masterpiece.