“As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we m...” — John Cassavetes Quote

“As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.”

“My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and neighbors visiting and talking loud and eating loud and nobody telling the children to be quiet or putting them down.”

“I would put my pictures up against anybody's in this world. Certainly in my own day I bow to no one. I don't think there's another director in the world who works harder to make better films than I do.”

“And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of.”

“Infected by political ideology, if you dare question climate models, your career is done.”

“I was given an eight-foot painting on a luminous yellow background as a parting gift when leaving Paris in 2008. I did not dare take it with me to N.Y.C. and understood that the cost of shipping would have far outweighed the cost of the work.”