Richard Diebenkorn Quotes

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

'Damage' is about taking risks, stepping into new territory regardless of the outcome.

I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."

The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater the adventure)

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tide.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

I am sufficiently wary of dangerous situations, but I'm not scared of having a go.

I think you make impacts by taking risks.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.

Life is full of risks anyway; why not take them?

I'm becoming more adventurous.

Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.

I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.