Filmmaking QuotesFilmmaking Quotes
  • Home
  • Quotes by Film Director
  • Quotes by Topic
Instagram
Filmmaking QuotesFilmmaking Quotes
  • Home
  • Quotes by Film Director
  • Quotes by Topic
Filmmaking QuotesFilmmaking Quotes
You are at:Home » Finding your Style Quotes

Finding your Style Quotes

5 Mins Read Quotes by Topic Updated:December 21, 2022
finding your style quotes

In this article we’ve put together a list of our favorite filmmaking style quotes from master filmmakers. These inspirational quotes cover finding your visual style, taking risks and patience.

I always tell young film-makers, ‘Find the song that only you can sing.’ It doesn’t just come to you. It’s trial and error and disappointment before you find, slowly but surely, the confidence to express your film-making identity.

Paul Greengrass

Create your own visual style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable to others.

Orson Welles

Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.

George Lucas

I don’t make films for other people; I make films for me.

Ridley Scott

Don’t look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you’re doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you’re dead.

Robert Rodriguez

The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you’ll have, is to find your point of view.

Paul Greengrass

The principle behind the cinema, like that behind all the arts, rests on a choice. It is, in Camus’ words, “the revolt of the artist against the real.” If one holds to this principle, what difference can it make by what means reality is revealed? Whether the author of a film seizes on the real in a novel, in a newspaper story or in his own imagination, what counts is the way he isolates it, stylizes it, makes it his own.

Michelangelo Antonioni

My advice to young film-makers is this: don’t follow trends, start them!

Frank Capra

Taking Risks

I’ve always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

Christopher Nolan

I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you’re not relying on things you’ve done before.

Danny Boyle

If we didn’t want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.

David Lynch

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Orson Welles

People say I am stuck in childhood, but it’s not that. I remember seeing a Matisse retrospective, and you could see he started out one way, and then he tried something different, and then he seemed to spend his whole life trying to get back to the first thing.

Tim Burton

If you’re going to be an R already, you may as well be ‘The Hangover,’ and you may as well be as shocking as possible, because that’s what delivers the most return.

Jon Favreau

What the studios want now is “risk-free” films but with any sort of art you have to take risks. Not taking risks in art is like not having sex and then expecting there to be children.

Francis Ford Coppola

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

Michelangelo Antonioni

Patience and Perseverance

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

Francis Ford Coppola

I would travel down to hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.

Werner Herzog

It is not the most brilliant that excel in film, but the most patient!

Martin Scorsese

I’ve always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, ‘Private Benjamin,’ got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, ‘Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?’

Nancy Meyers

Whenever I finish a movie, I usually go through a period where I think I’ll never have another idea. And then, somehow, you get another idea.

Sofia Coppola

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

Billy Wilder

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you’ve got to be a filmmaker.

Robert Wise

Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dreams?

Tim Burton

Pain is temporary, film is forever!

John Milius

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise

Andrei Tarkovsky

You have to remain strong. That’s the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you know, you can learn anything you need to know about filmmaking – that’s camera, sound, celluloid, video at this point- in four hours. It has nothing to do with anything. It has nothing to do with it… It has to do with what you want to say. If you feel you have something to say, you’ll find that way to get it said, on film, and not let anyone or anything chip away at that or tarnish it, because it’s something special and precious.

Martin Scorsese

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

George Lucas

What’s Your Favorite Film Style Quote?

If you’ve enjoyed the article, then we would be grateful if you could share on social media and your own blogs.

Finally, don’t forget to bookmark the page and keep checking back for new film style quotes from the masters of cinema.

Related articles:

Filmmaking Advice Quotes
Directing the Movie Quotes
Writing the Screenplay Quotes

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email WhatsApp

Related Posts

15 Mins Read

80 Acting Quotes From Famous Actors to Bookmark

Updated:January 14, 2023
5 Mins Read

Zero Budget Filmmaking Quotes

Updated:January 8, 2023
55 Mins Read

Cinematography Quotes: Lessons from Master Cinematographers

Updated:August 14, 2022
About

Welcome to filmmakingquotes.com – a website that shares the secrets of the masters of cinema and helps readers take their filmmaking to the next level.

We regularly update the website, so don't forget to bookmark filmmakingquotes.com and keep checking back for fresh articles and new filmmaking inspiration. 

Quote of the Week

Most Popular Quote Articles
  • Special Effects, Animation and CGI Quotes
    Special Effects, Animation and CGI Quotes
  • 57 Ridley Scott Quotes: The Master of the Sci-Fi Movie
    57 Ridley Scott Quotes: The Master of the Sci-Fi Movie
  • 70 Martin Scorsese Quotes on Cinema, Directing and Film History
    70 Martin Scorsese Quotes on Cinema, Directing and Film History
  • 55 David Lynch Quotes: Lost in Another World
    55 David Lynch Quotes: Lost in Another World
  • Stanley Kubrick Quotes: A Masterclass in Filmmaking
    Stanley Kubrick Quotes: A Masterclass in Filmmaking
  • Film Editing Quotes
    Film Editing Quotes
SUPPORT THIS SITE

Disclaimer: Filmmaking Quotes is an Amazon Associate and earns from qualifying purchases. If you click the banner below before making a purchase on any Amazon item, we will receive a small commission. This won’t cost you any extra but will help with the cost of running Filmmaking Quotes. Thank you for your support.

Amazon Link

Recent Posts
  • william wyler quotes30 William Wyler Quotes: Hollywood’s Most Celebrated Director
  • Jean-Luc Godard Quotes28 Jean-Luc Godard Quotes: Rewriting the Rules of Cinema
  • John Hughes Quotes24 John Hughes Quotes to Inspire Screenwriters and Filmmakers
  • Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes30 Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes: Sculpting in Time and Cinematic Poetry
Copyright filmmakingquotes 2022. Powered by WPX.
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Affiliate Disclosure
  • About
  • Sitemap
  • Write for Us

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie SettingsAccept
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT