John Lurie

“The first rule of fishing is to be quiet. The second rule is to be still. It's the same for painting.”

“You learn, right, that you have to be a little more gentle with the world. You don't have to be so serious.”

“I'm not an actor. I'm a musician. I'm a painter. I'm a filmmaker. I'm a writer. I'm a composer. I'm a person.”

“I think the world is a lot more beautiful than it is ugly.”

“My main thing is that I'm a musician. And I was a musician long before I was an actor.”

“There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just an opportunity to do something else.”

“When you are making a thing, you have to be in love with the thing you are making.”

“I try to find the beauty in things. Even when they're ugly.”

“I have to be careful what I say. As soon as I say something, I'm a 'spokesman.'”

“I don't think I'm a very good actor. I think I'm a very good liar.”

“I wanted to be a painter, but I was a musician. So I've been a musician.”

“People are afraid of beauty.”

“The world is full of people who are trying to be something they're not.”

“You just do your work and you hope that it's good. And you hope that people like it.”

“Bob Ross is a hero of mine. He's so calming.”