Viggo Mortensen Quotes

As I grow older, I have had to discard some ideas and policies because they no longer make sense. This strikes me as entirely healthy. I would invite others to do the same.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something - there's something wrong with them. They're not really thinking.

I reserve the right to think many different things and to change my mind and to even be wrong.

You get older and more mature ... you just kind of go with the flow.

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.

Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing

The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a deep impression.

Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

Plasticity loves new moulds because it can fill them, but for a man of sluggish mind and bad manners there is decidedly no place like home.

Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we're more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new.

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

I shall not grow conservative with age.

I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don't believe that anymore.

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.

As children know, there's lots of fun in nonsense. We never stop benefiting from staying flexible, open and responsive, even in the midst of confusion.