List of Vincent Price Quotes

I Trust People Who Are Violent About Art, As Long As They Aren't Closed-minded. But, Unfortunately, Most Art Blowhards Are Also Art Bigots.

Someone Called Actors 'sculptors In Snow.' Very Apt. In The End, It's All Nothing.

No One But Gene Tierney Could Have Played 'laura.' There Was No Other Actress Around With Her Particular Combination Of Beauty, Breeding, And Mystery.

Sometimes You Read A Passage By A Great Writer, And You Know What He Says And How He Says It Will Always Be, For You, The Only Possible Way It Could Be. Less Often A Painter Will Describe An Event In A Way That Fits Into Your Interpretation Of That Event So Perfectly That It Becomes The Event Itself.

I’m Always Intrigued By My Nonsensical Concern With Picking Out A Bunch Of Things That Look Exactly Alike The Ones That Somehow I Feel Are The Best And Belong To Me. It’s That Same Crazy Urge Or Superstition, Or Whatever It Is, That Makes Me Open A Bible In A Hotel Room, Hoping For Some Great Happenstance Spiritual Word Of Advice. More Often Than Not, I Hit A Long Passage Of Begats And Begots, Which Contain Little Inspiration Other Than The Fact That Procreation Is The Highest Aim Of Life.

What's Important About An Actor Is His Acting, Not His Life.

I'm Extremely Profane, Unconsciously So, When I See Something Great For The First Time; I Don't Know Why, But Beauty And Profanity Are Related To Me In The Same Way. It May Be That I Want To Think Of Art In The Vernacular, But I Have No Control Over What Comes Out Of My Mouth When My Eyes Take In Great Beauty...it Might Just Be The Reason I Avoid Going To Museums With Elderly Ladies.

It's Just Endless What You Can Learn From A Single Work Of Art. You Can Fill Up The Crevices Of Your Life, The Cracks Of Your Life, The Places Where The Mortar Comes Out And Falls Away-you Can Fill It Up With The Love Of Art.

I Know What I Like—i Like Art—and I Like What I Know.

Well, What Do You Owe Yourself? Do You Dare Take Time Out To Listen To The Grass Grow, Or Can You Even Afford The Expense Of Getting Far Enough Away From Life's Daily Cacophony To Hear It Grow If You Took The Time?

One Thing Is Certain: The Arts Keep You Alive. They Stimulate, Encourage, Challenge, And, Most Of All, Guarantee A Future Free From Boredom. They Allow Growth And Even Demand It In That Time Of Life We Call Maturity But Too Often Enter It With A Childish Faith That What We Learned In Youth Is Sustenance Enough For The Years When Most Men Are Mentally Famished But Won't Admit It—or When They Are Apt To Curb Their Hunger With The Sops Of Complacency, Security, And The Assurance Of Death.

I Was Never Educated To Be An Actor. I Went To A Regular College. It Was A Great Thing For Me Because I Feel That The Main Thing To Get Out Of College Is A Thirst For Knowledge. College Should Teach You How To Be Curious. Most People Think That College Is The End Of Education, But It Isn't. The Ceremony Of Giving You The Diploma Is Called Commencement. And That Means You Are Fit To Commence Learning Because You Have Learned Hot To Learn.