Pierre Boulez Quotes

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

I love looking completely different and that my fans won't always know what I'm going to do.

Every time we create something new we go from zero to one.

How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it survive, extreme and dangerous as it is? What compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature must it make to stave off the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine? Is birth always a fall? Do angels have wings? Can men fly?

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

Necessity creates everything in my life.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

It's hard to make something feel like it needs to exist.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.

Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

I'm always very excited by something that's a curveball or from left field.

One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.

I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.

Creativity is what transforms.

Every creative story is different. And yet every creative story is the same: There was nothing, now there is something. It's almost like magic.

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.