Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for artistic endeavors, but for humanity.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of a child's perspective in rekindling a sense of wonder and creativity.
Tim Burton highlights how the experience of raising a child connects us to a time in life where everything is perceived with freshness and novelty. This connection is valuable not only for artistic expression but also for the broader human experience, reminding us of our innate curiosity and the importance of nurturing creativity and humanity in ourselves and others.
In practice
This quote could be shared at a parenting seminar to emphasize the importance of nurturing creativity in children.
Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a certain simplicity that you had. It's less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way.
I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.
Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.
I am the shadow on the moon at night/Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.
Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.
If I'd said, 'I'm going to be a director,' it probably wouldn't have happened.
My favorite piece [piece of music] is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.
When I'm dying, I want to think I did what I felt was best for the words I was writing. This may mean, at any time, that I won't be publishable anymore.
Dresses that are truly beautiful are never unfashionable.
What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard?
Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man's soul.
In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. It can also be beautiful. It can also be different. It can create surprise. And surprise is the main thing in a work of art. [] I like and respect Brasília very much. It is a simple city, a rational one. I always defend the urban design of Brasília
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