Paul Bowles Quotes

I like going to places that are so different than where I'm from.

I love new places, new people, new ideas. I love cultural differences, and I'm fascinated by the truth - all the different versions of it.

The States are great. I'd like to go just to see life, see things and hear people talk. It's like a circus where different acts go on at the same time.

Collect adventures and experiences to reminisce about…go to far places, meet new people, eat exotic foods, enjoy all varieties of women, look on unfamiliar landscapes, see new things.

I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same.

And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.

'Narnia' has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I feel lucky that I'm able to travel; I'm not stuck in my hometown, meeting the same kind of girls and saying hi to the same people, week after week. There are so many interesting, intelligent girls out there.

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

Every part of the country has its story to tell, so I'm always looking for the next place to be.

I come from the deep countryside. My family was in farming. I was not really exposed to business. Coming from that environment, I just wanted in my life to go overseas - that was a childhood dream because I wanted diversity, contacts, cultural meetings with others.

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

Traveling has a major impact on what I do, cause all over the world I'm meeting all kinds of people. And relationships is the second major impact that I have. I just enjoy the variety that the world has to offer.

The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher Columbus notion of being the first person in a new place.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.

What I like in this job is you can travel to many places, many imaginations.

My first dream was to travel. I was attracted to different places, different colors of skin, different food. When I was 18 in 1977, I went to Europe with my accordion and discovered the pleasure of entertaining people.

I love travelling. I love cultures.

One thing I look forward to is seeing new places and new people.

I love experiencing new cultures and new foods.

I'm open. I like new experiences in life and new cultures.

The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London.

Every country is different, every league is different - all the culture.

You want to move into worlds you've never been in before. It would be like going to the same restaurant all the time or going to the same place for vacation all the time. Where is the adventure in that?