Robert Bresson Quotes

People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original.

I'm always very excited by something that's a curveball or from left field.

Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common

The man with a new idea is a crank until his idea succeeds.

Trying to show people something they haven't really seen before can get a lot of push-back.

New ideas that fly in the face of conventional wisdom of the day are always greeted with doubt and scorn, even fear.

If your idea is truly innovative, you're going to hear from the naysayers. After all, if it really were such a good idea, someone would have already done it, right?

If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The more people hate it, maybe the newer it is. Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change.

Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized.

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.

Working with (new collaborators) and letting people in to try new melodies and new lyrical ideas was very hard.

If you ever have a new idea, and it's really new, you have to expect that it won't be widely accepted immediately. It's a long hard process.

So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.

Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze.

I think something happens with age. And I find this really a lot in what I read from certain art critics: For people who are all about change-people who are supposed to be intellectually and culturally drawn to the idea of change and how the voice of a creative person affects the world on a bigger scale than just the canvas-I would expect a person in that position to have that open mind. It's only a sign of age that they become so locked in their own rules that they forget that this is what it's all about.

We are at this weird moment where there's an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.