Rick Tumlinson Quotes

There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply.

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.

The game's evolving quickly, man, and somebody's gotta be trying some new stuff.

There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

All progress is experimental.

Change happens at the frontier.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

What's dangerous is not to evolve.

If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

We live in a changing world … shall we maintain all our theaters in the same traditional box.

It is well that the beaten ways of the world get trodden into mud : we are thus forced to seek new paths and pick out new lines of life.

The American Dream can no more remain static than can the American nation.... We cannot any longer take an old approach to world problems. They aren't the same problems. It isn't the same world. We must not adopt the methods of our ancestors; instead, we must emulate that pioneer quality in our ancestors that made them attempt new methods for a New World.

What is the argument on the other side? Only this, that no case has been found in which it has been done before. That argument does not appeal to me in the least. If we never do anything which has not been done before, we shall never get anywhere. The law will stand still whilst the rest of the world goes on; and that will be bad for both.

There is always room for understanding towards those who see the old ways crumbling. And today I say simply this: It must come. It is right that it should come. And when it does, you will find that a burden has been lifted from your shoulders too.