Rutger Hauer Quotes

I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

I've always wanted to broaden my horizons.

If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!

I like going to museums and stuff, but I also like going out and doing lots of physical activity like camping and hiking. I like doing stuff that I've never done before. Curiosity is a big thing. Usually it means that people are intelligent and that they want to learn stuff about the world.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

If you don't travel the world and see as much of it as you can - see different characters in different situations - then how are you going to learn? I figured the best way to do that was to explore as much as I could.

Travel teaches as much as books.

If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.

I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school.

I think it's important to stay curious and see and experience as much as you can, whether it's art, performance, music, travel, or just hanging out and people-watching.

I like to take walks and getting out and seeing things. These experiences are so irreplaceable and give you a whole different perspective on the greater context that you're in. If I didn't try to take advantage of that, I'd be missing out on a lot of really interesting things.

In school, no one teaches you to look for things that are right for you.

Get out and find ...the country. And ourselves.

I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.

Travel is the best and probably cheapest graduate school you can buy.

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

For me, I want my kids to find their way. If they're interested in something, I want them to try it out.

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

Everybody learns from traveling. I think we all do.