Amateurs Quote by Patti Smith

I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of…

— Patti Smith

I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the form.

— Jim Jarmusch

An amateur at LIFE is an amateur at ART.

— Laurence Gartel

I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really…

— Steven Sebring

At the beginning I didn't even really think about making a movie [Dream of Life]. I was just thinking of documenting somebody.

— Steven Sebring

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.

— Wallace Stevens

Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this is my…

— Dario Argento

I still consider myself to be an amateur filmmaker. And I say that because in the Latin origin of the word amateur is the…

— Jim Jarmusch

The editing process was a free-for-all, and since I hadn't gone to film [Dream of Life] school or anything like that, I just said,…

— Steven Sebring

In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional.

— Robert Genn

I would hate to think I am not an amature. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid,…

— Yehudi Menuhin

Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether.

— Norman Mailer