Arts

Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.

When one door closes, another door always opens. It really does.

Nations of technically trained people who don't know how to criticize authority, useful profit-makers with obtuse imaginations.

Imagination is cultivated, above all, by courses in the arts and humanities. It is in some ways the most essential of all, if we are to work toward a world in which we see distant lives as spacious and deep.

The humanities and the arts only do what is much more precious than making money: they make a world that is worth living in.

Not knowing is just as important, if not more important, because you do not know yet what can't be done.

I've always tried to be that little kid with his hand in the air. It really works to be that naive, to really think you can do anything.

I had to substitute money with creativity and that's what made all the difference. I had to make a movie in a way that broke the traditional mold and learn not to be a slave to tradition.

Sometimes we need an event to shock us into the present. Some of us require a catastrophic experience to remind us that we are indeed alive. Others know this from their reading of poetry — a somewhat less traumatic experience.

Be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you, because ultimately your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.

Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world, equal to but distinct from scientific and conceptual methods.

You don't outgrow art. The same work can mean something different at each stage of your life.