“An artist, in my experience, is a man or woman of unusual talent and peculiar, highly individual sensibility, with an independent and probably contrary mind, driven by mysterious passions for which another word is neurosis. In getting from point A to point B, the neurotic goes via point Q. It's in that roundabout that people are either completely crippled and hopeless in life, or highly creative.” PeopleMenMindArtistPassionIndividualCreativeTalentIndependentDrivenContraryMysteriousHopelessPeculiarUnusualSensibilityNeuroticNeurosisCrippled Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“We do not know and cannot tell when the spirit is with us. Great talent or small, it makes no difference. We are caught within our own skins, our own sensibilities; we never know if our technique has been adequate to the vision.” IfsKnowsHas BeensSpiritArtistDifferencesVisionTalentSkinsCaughtTechniqueSensibilityAdequateGreat Talent Book:The Irrational Season Source: The Irrational Season
“I want people to see my movies. My talent, my sensibilities are what people want to see in the movies... While I have the talent to make the kind of movies people want to see I want to continue to do that, keep making big pictures and make what I love. I’m really just making the films I want to see. There’s not a strategy.” PeopleWantKindBigsFilmTalentStrategySensibilityBig Picture Author:Brett Ratner
“A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't.” PeopleMayHeardTalentSingersSensibilityEntitled Author:Linda Ronstadt