James Gurney famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There is no line between fine art and illustration; there is no high or low art; there is only art, and it comes in many forms.
-- James Gurney

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If you don't grow up by age 35, you don't have to.
-- James Gurney

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Made by Hand is impossible to set down once you start reading it.
-- James Gurney

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Title everything you do, if for no other reason than so you can find it again on your computer.
-- James Gurney

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Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
Art, however innocent, looks like deceiving.
To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesnâ€™t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism. And its purpose is to document all facets of social relationships.
All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype,
As an author, you can't expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that's what you hope for, you shouldn't sell the rights.
These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second is: don't over-estimate your own merits. The third is: don't expect others to take as much interest in you as you do yourself. And the fourth is: don't imagine that most people give enough thought to you to have any special desire to persecute you.
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.
As Iâ€™m so often reminded what a priceless gift my life is, I ache with everything in me to make it count, so that when I finally cross the finish line, Iâ€™ll hear the words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.
They (Liverpool players) are passing the cup down the line like a new born baby. Although when they are back in the dressing room they will probably fill it with champagne, something you should never do to a baby.
I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

James Gurney famous quotes

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