Julianna Baggott Quotes

It just makes you a better artist when you're with people who are great artists themselves. Being around Kanye, soaking up all the knowledge, all the stuff he got.

SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because the SF field is never going in any one direction at any one time, there is hardly a way to cut it off.

The introduction of many minds into many fields of learning along a broad spectrum keeps alive questions about the accessibility, if not the unity, of knowledge.

And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to write. I wanted to try to make some more upbeat songs, so, I ended up gravitating toward writing songs with friends, which was a great learning process, and also we came up with great songs. Those are the songs that came out the most naturally.

I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play.

To be honest, what I struggled with in my degree is what's so helpful when it comes to social media in that I lack focus. I'll start reading about evolutionary biology and end up on quantum physics. While that makes writing your dissertation very difficult, for a page like IFLS, that's amazing because I get a wide range of everything.

I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.

I essentially started out with a Western series for WildStorm/DC but didn't want to be perceived as a 'Western artist.' I did a couple of super-hero things at Marvel but didn't want to be one of those guys, either. I loved all these genres and wanted to play in a very big toy box. Enter 'Planetary.'

I find discussing mathematics with colleagues of different backgrounds one of the most productive ways of making progress.

Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability.

I try to make sure the projects that I choose are something that will teach me something new, either about myself or about my art.

I want to explore diverse genres.

I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.

I learn from teaching. Having to break things down and explain them makes me a better dancer.

Most scientific or engineering discoveries would never become successful products without contributions from other scientists or engineers. Every major invention is the child of far-flung parents who may never meet.

Getting into creating in a new genre is like arriving to a new country.

Because I didn't go to film school, you learn so much from a lot of creative artists.

Is it more important that you, as a white male, read my work and learn from it, or what you call me? I think it's more important that you read my work, reflect on it, and allow it to transform your life and your thinking in some way.

It's important to listen to lots of different genres because you never know when something will get born out of it.

Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.

It is just as important to make knowledge live and keep it alive as to solve specific problems.

The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something about themselves and the world and this was one of those.

Very often the lessons you learn are more important than the things you accomplish

The important thing is to learn through experience. The more you do the more you learn. I don't think anyone can teach acting from a podium.

To study is not to consume ideas, but to create and re-create them.