Agnes Smedley Quotes

Almost nobody travels willingly from sameness to sameness and repetition to repetition, even if the physical effort required is trivial.

A house of which one knew every room wasn't worth living in.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

I'm really a believer in being in situations that feel new and awkward and different. And I love that feeling of being in motion - that sense you find when you're traveling.

I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.

I want to do different things all the time.

Uncharted territory is a good place to be in.

Doing the same thing over and over again can be boring, I want to explore as much as I can.

It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

Newness inspires me. New opportunities. New places. New experiences. Learning new things, new skills. New roles!

Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity.

The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another. There is something demoralizing about going back to a place to retake pictures. You can no longer see your subjects in a fresh eye; you keep comparing them with the pictures you hold in your memory. [The] world was full of discoveries waiting to be made...(as a photographer) I could share the things I saw and learned...you would react to something all others might walk by.

A new experience can be extremely pleasurable, or extremely irritating, or somewhere in between, and you never know until you try it out.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.