Artist Quotes by Tim Burton

9 Artist quotes by Tim Burton

Burton’s gothic imagination is unmistakable, and his comments on artists reveal a love for the unconventional. These nine quotes give a quick taste of his creative philosophy.

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I never really consider myself as a great artist. I just always like to draw.

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Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.

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It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.

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Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination.

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When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed…

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You can learn a lot from children because they see things new every day. That's the beauty of what you want to…

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Technology is technology and then art form and people's creativity is another thing. Anything that helps an artist do anything - great!…

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In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way…

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People say I am stuck in childhood, but it's not that. I remember seeing a Matisse retrospective, and you could see he…

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My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.

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One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.

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When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work…

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