Janet Weiss Quotes

What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches.

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

With 'Friday Night Lights,' we were encouraged to make it our own and improvise as much as we wanted.

You shouldn't think about technique when you play. You have to be you. It cannot be about, 'I can play this, and I can show you that.'

You can't have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules

Find your own technique.

Doing something different, doing something original is always fun because there is a lot of creativity that comes with it.

Ideas any one can mould as he wishes.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

If I find cool, open-minded people, want to do unique one-of-a-kind kind of project, I'll do it as long as I can.

Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back to that innocence. As is working within a circumspect budget.

There are no rules in art.

There's no formula.

If you look at any 15 pieces of mine, nobody does a piece like them. Totally new techniques. All the jugglers are stealing from me and claiming that they've done it.

I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it.

It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

I try not to do anything by formula.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.