“There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we had a lot of great innovators, all creating things which will last the world for a long, long time.” WorldLongAgeLastsMiddlePeriodsCreatingLong TimeJazzGoldenSixtyInnovatorsGolden AgeCreating Things Author:Sonny Rollins
“I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.” ThinkingLongCharacterStoriesShowsMovingActorsInterestingHalfWatchesCreativeWonderfulTelevisionPeriodsDirectorsCreatingIncrediblesStorytellingMediumsObsessedTelevision ShowsTelling StoriesLong Periods Of TimeInteresting Places Author:Elijah Wood
“First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.” FirstsKindBookFormFeltChallengesResponsibilityParticularPeriodsCreatingMy FamilyArtisticSlumsCreating Something Author:Frank McCourt
“I find the past so fascinating. Photographs are strange, almost surreal, almost here yet gone. I slip into thinking what the past must have been like and I enjoy creating that ambience and atmosphere - 1730 to around 1870 is the most interesting period.” ThinkingHas BeensPastEnjoyInterestingGoneStrangePeriodsCreatingPhotographAtmosphereFascinatingSlipsSurrealMost InterestingAmbience Author:Kate Atkinson
“I think you'll find a lot of actors will be interested in history because it sparks your imagination so much. When you enter a period of history, your imagination just goes wild in creating the world, which is really what acting is.” ThinkingWorldActorsImaginationActingPeriodsCreatingSparks Author:Tom Mison
“I get very emotional about time periods I never lived in, but I have a weird connection to them. The mystery of it becomes about hearing the stories of those eras, and creating nostalgia from those stories.” StoriesMysteryEmotionalPeriodsCreatingConnectionsHearingNostalgiaErasTime Periods Author:Elle Fanning
“There was a period that black film had no chance of making it in Hollywood. So, people just made the made the statements that they wanted to make. Whether it was a science fiction film or whatever, b/c they were just making movie for themselves. Then there was a period where people were creating projects as their Hollywood audition 'pieces'. I feel that today we are moving back to the era where we all have our own voices.” PeopleFeelsMadeTodayWantedFilmMovingBlackVoiceChanceFictionPiecesPeriodsProjectsCreatingHollywoodScience FictionStatementsErasAuditionsMoving Back Author:Reginald Hudlin
“For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.” StoriesEnjoyPeriodsCreatingRehearsal Author:Damian Lewis
“In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking to ourselves? And what was the ultimate goal? To have one's work caged in art's great zoos - the Modern, the Met, the Louvre?” ArtGoalTalkingModernPeriodsMetsCreatingLowsUltimateZoosUltimate GoalCagedCreating ArtLouvre Author:Patti Smith
“I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.” IfsThinkingHumansHuman BeingsInterestingPeriodsCreatingDesperateIngredientsDesperation Author:Jim Carrey