Robert Lepage Quotes

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Creating work for the time that one lives in means no retro thinking. It can and hopefully does mean timelessness.

I want to be cutting-edge.

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.

Just because something is current doesn't mean it is new.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

. . . be absolute moderne.

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.

I've always been ahead of the curve when it came to trying new stuff in the underground scene.

I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.

Young people like things that are fresh and new. If something does seem fatigued, or derivative, they're going to let you know.

I can be very modern and experimental.

I am always updating and coming up with something fresh, whether it's a colour, a trend, or a design, as my uncle always taught me to be unique and different.

I've never sampled just one artist, I'm known for my reputation and my creativity.

Hay que ser absolutamente Moderno

I don't like to say something's weird when it's innovative and fresh.

All of my heroes, like Dali, are people who pioneered various forms of cinema.

You are born modern, you do not become so.

No age is compelled to take its beauty from preceding epochs.

At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.