Andrew Stanton Quotes

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Innovation never comes from the established institutions.

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

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.

We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

It's so important to me that I feel like I'm doing something that's never been done before, whether that's in the show, or I'm writing a song. I can exist in this little box here, but I have to do something new with it.

If your goal is to change the world, you can't start by doing things the same old way because it sells better.

Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.

Entrepreneurs are misfits to the core. They forge ahead, making their own path and always, always, question the status quo.

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.