Robin Day Quotes

The stuff that's good is the stuff that lives on.

I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.

That lasting things do, in fact, last.

Things don't fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become generations made out of pictures and words just kept.

Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.

The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do.

I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I think, ultimately, the story of Rooster Teeth is going to be one of longevity.

The goal was to have matches that would stand the test of time.

We think continuity's important.

I don't want to be the next hottest thing, I want longevity.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.

Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.

Once you find what you like, it's like it worked yesterday, it works today, it'll work tomorrow.

I hope that my family will continue in another thousand years.

A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

To be somebody you must last.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.