Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

Music is this divine thing, the closest that we can get to something divine. It’s like this instinct we all own, and some of us have found a way to hear that music and write it down and share it with people.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

Being ‚contented‘ ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic critic can understand it.

It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn’t mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and contributes to others.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of all the hard and loving work that has gone into my food.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

I want to – more than anything – to create a moment that people will never forget. Not for me, but for themselves. That’s what I remember about great Super Bowl performances in the past, when you really get lost in the moment with your family.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you’re not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

My whole life is a theater piece.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

To the audience, it’s like I’m changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show’s almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is.

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

Friends applaud, the comedy is over.

In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

If you only believe that you’re an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

I really like hip-hop and rap; that’s my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.

Genres aren’t closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time.

I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

All good art is an indiscretion.

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.

My role 14 years ago in Richard III – that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it – they have all the fun!

I’m grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.

Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I’ll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want you to write it. And then sometimes you see a situation and think, ‚I’d like to write about that.‘ Those are two different ways of being approached by a poem, or approaching a poem.

They’ll forget all the rubbish when I’ve gone, and they’ll remember the football. If only one person thinks I’m the best player in the world, that’s good enough for me.

A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

I can’t say this enough – the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you’re stronger, you think more quickly.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

I don’t think I’d ever apologise for music I make, no.

The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, ‚What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?‘ And, ‚How does creativity apply across the board?‘

How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

I like the good life too much, I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.

An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

I’m not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it’s the recording or the performance side.

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.

I’m rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it’s no longer his… I just see what people make of it.

If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.

I didn’t like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions – the curtain was up.