Joseph Addison Quotes

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.

Stuff your eyes with wonder.

There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.

The unknown is always interesting.

When I'm an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don't know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that's what excites me.

To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.

One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.

It's important always to have a sense of wonder.

Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.

Even today, I am still very child-like while designing. It's a bit like Christmas - each of your designs you create is like unravelling your presents.

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.

The best things that capture your imagination are ones you hadn't thought of before and that aren't talked about in the news all the time.

If you lose wonder, you've lost everything.

I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that's only amplified as an artist.

There's a powerful appeal in the 'I didn't know that' effect. I love it when people say, 'Gosh, I didn't know that.'