When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.
Tony BennettRead
My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of authenticity and aesthetics in creative work.
Tony Bennett highlights the dual aim of creativity: to convey genuine truths and to evoke beauty through artistic expression. He believes that every creative endeavor should focus on these essential qualities, as they resonate deeply with audiences and reflect the artist's inner vision.
In practice
In a speech at an art exhibition, I quoted Tony Bennett to inspire fellow artists to maintain authenticity in their work.
When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.
Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.
I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.
If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.
To me, life is a gift, and it's a blessing to just be alive. And each person should learn what a gift it is to be alive no matter how tough things get.
That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.
As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.
Bottom line, I have to follow what my soul says, or my spirit. And my spirit said that poetry and the arts should be without borders, should be without political borders.
Let me sit in a flowerpot, The spiders won't notice. My heart is a stopped geranium.
I knew nothing about the technique of story writing, and now, after eighteen years of writing, I still know nothing about the technique, although with the publication of my new novel, Tarzan and the Lost Empire, there are 31 books on my list.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, _x000D_ the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered-_x000D_ as a storyteller. A good storyteller.
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