When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.
Tony BennettRead
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.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the transformative power of music in connecting people across the globe.
Tony Bennett expresses how a particular song was a catalyst for his global identity, enabling him to thrive in various cultures and cities. It highlights music's universal language, illustrating its ability to break boundaries and change lives by fostering opportunities and connections worldwide.
In practice
In a speech about cultural diplomacy, one might say, 'As Tony Bennett said, that song helped make me a world citizen.'
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.
My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
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.
A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.
Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.
Writing is both bomb and bomb disposal-a necessary shattering of cliche and assumption, and a powerful defusing of the soul-destroying messages of modern life (that nothing matters, nothing changes, money is everything, etc). Writing is a state of being as well as an act of doing.
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.
With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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