Robert Irwin Quotes

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

I always start out with an idea, even a boring idea, that becomes a question I don't have answers to.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

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.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

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.

I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.

I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.

I love to be free to explore, research, and evolve.

A lot of our creative flow comes from a place of curiosity and exploration. It often feels like we're excavating and asking questions and not just giving answers but really just exploring.

Curiosity is life. Assumption is death.

If you're interested in something, do some more research and don't be afraid to ask questions. At the very worst you're going to know more than you did at the start of the day.

The only way we can fly planes and use computers is because people were curious about their world and also skeptical about the things they were told to be immutable, so they figured out other ways of doing things.

Take all the courses in your curriculum. Do the research. Ask questions. Find someone doing what you are interested in! Be curious!

Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask.

The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?"

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.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.