Takashi Murakami Quotes

I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

Kickstarter was already up and going when I got the Fellowship. Spending time with the other Fellows was about camaraderie, and I talked to a lot of amazing and creative people.

Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.

Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I like short films, too; I love doing readings, audio books, working with young filmmakers; anything that keeps you from getting blase about yourself or in a rut.

I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me.

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

Whether I am collaborating with different people, I like changing projects conceptually so I can grow.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.

Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them.

Over the years, I've learnt from co-actors, directors, technicians, and even from junior artists.

What excites me the most is working on new projects.

I've been able to work on shows with amazing role models, amazing actors, incredible female filmmakers.

In order to stay ahead of the young talent, you have to pay attention. You have to see what young talents are doing, and I see what a lot of young talents are doing.

It's an exciting thing to build a relationship with a talent that's outside of your comfort zone.

We are building a brain trust of leading app talent. These are very highly regarded developers, and SGN is blessed to have them join to help build a great company that brings innovation, creativity, and joy to our users.

I've been lucky to have been given opportunities in different genres. And most of the time I've felt that the exploration, the composing, the collaboration, was a move forward.

Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you.

Roblox is all about inspiring and empowering people to learn, create and explore new ideas - that goes for both the experiences on our platform as well as for our employees.