Masterpiece Quotes
312 quotes by 247 authors
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He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets…
— Arthur Miller
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In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces talked out over bars, restaurant tables and love seats. I have…
— Morris West
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Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork…
— Alfre Woodard
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All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece.
— Eddie Murphy
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The block of marble is not the sculptor, and doesn't see that he's about to become a masterpiece... We're the block of marble and God…
— Peter Kreeft
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Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy…
— E. O. Wilson
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In the mind of every artist there is a masterpiece
— Kai Greene
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The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time, yet be wise enough to know you will…
— Unknown Author
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I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities…
— Tim Robbins
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Yes, I saw Twilight - my granddaughter made me watch it, she said it was the greatest vampire film ever. After the 'film' was over…
— Lauren Bacall
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As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you to…
— Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see Little Indian, Big…
— Roger Ebert
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If you want to create a masterpiece, you must always avoid beautiful lies.
— Jerzy Grotowski
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If you, unknowing, are able to create masterpieces in color, then unknowledge is your way. But if you are unable to create masterpieces in color…
— Johannes Itten
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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
— Sidney Lumet
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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with…
— Akira Kurosawa
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Watch a French housewife as she makes her way slowly along the loaded stalls... searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor... What you are…
— Keith Floyd
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Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece.
— Lady Margaret Sackville
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Teaching creativity to your child isn't like teaching good manners. No one can paint a masterpiece by bowing to another person's precepts about elbows on…
— Unknown Author
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Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.
— Allegra Goodman
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