Rob Thurman Quotes

Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between arrogance and conviction - in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

Definition is the death of discovery.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

I never really wanted to be, I don't want to say, an average engineer. I always wanted to do something different, something more exciting.

I always aspired to do something different.

In fact, the only way to remain creative over time--to not be undone by our expertise--is to experiment with ignorance, to stare at things we don't fully understand.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

Discovery is the privilege of the child: the child who has no fear of being once again wrong, of looking like an idiot, of not being serious, of not doing things like everyone else.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

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.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

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.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.

Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in.

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

I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.

Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious.