David Rockwell Quotes

As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun.

I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.

I like to experiment a lot and invent things.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

I always wanted to be that guy who pushed the envelope in all kind of ways and tried something new. When I keep that rule going, it always takes me to a new place. There are times when I fail miserably, but I always find myself knowing one more thing better, doing one more thing that I never did before.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent.

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.

It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like, 'Wow! That's so amazing!' I definitely want everything I do to just get better and better.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before.

Research is creating new knowledge.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

I began to do this thing I do of giving myself a class every day, and trying to experiment and push further. I don't mean to say I knew everything, because I didn't, but I would do what I knew and then push beyond that and see what else I could find.

For me, every one of our projects is a research-and-development project.

I don't have any particular recipe. It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It is like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck, you might find a way out.

I want to keep experimenting and trying to change my game.

Get creative with your friends and just make stuff because you never know where it can end up.

I like to keep experimenting - singing, dancing, acting. I want to learn an instrument, dive. I want to do everything. I will keep pushing myself into as many things as I can.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

I see myself as a student. I would never call myself a master or a maestro. If you take the path of the student, that means you have to try a little bit of everything in hopes that you're going to learn something or strike some kind of new note, expression in the process. I'm not going for grades; I'm going for an education. I'm going to continue experimenting and trying new things to try to evolve and learn.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.