“I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what t...” — Francis Ford Coppola Quote

“I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.”

“I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.”

“I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.”

“Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.”

“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.”

“Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art.”