Erno Rubik Quotes

This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.

Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened.

It's the one you don't expect that knocks you out.

It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here.

Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift.

You never know how things are going to turn out in a movie. You can imagine a scene one way, and it can turn out to be completely the polar opposite of what you expected. You just have to roll with the punches.

The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.

You just can't control your art in the future.

Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.

We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.

I think, like all big things, you don't know they're going to be a big thing when you start. You just kind of, like, play because it's fun, and it's interesting, and then it turns out to be way more important than you expected.

I don't think about doing new. I just do it.

I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.

I've never made a movie I wasn't surprised to see.

If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

Don't play the way it goes. Play the way it is. And the way it is every time you play it, it's slightly different. Look for something. So that's the challenge not to be bored.

While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.

People are imitative and imitation is bound to be unintelligent. They want to do exactly the things which others are doing. That destroys their freshness. Do things in your own style; live your life according to your own light. And even if the same situation arises, be alert to find a new response. It is only a question of a little alertness, and once you have started enjoying... and it is really a great joy to respond to old situations always in a new way, because that newness keeps you young, keeps you conscious, keeps you non-mechanical, keeps you alive.

Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.

It's impossible for me to feel like there's only one way to do a thing. There's nothing wrong with having one way of doing it, but I think it's a bad habit. I believe in range. Like, there's a lot of tunes that I play all the time-sometimes I hear 'em in a different register. And if you don't have complete freedom, or you won't let yourself get away from that one straight line, oh, my goodness, that's too horrible to even think about.

Actual creativeness is a matter of moments. One has to piece together the minute grains to make a lump. And it is so easy to miss the momentary flashes, it is like sluicing in placer mining. He who lets the flakes float by has nothing to show for his trouble.

When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.

Chance is another name that we give to our mistakes. And all of the best things in my films are mistakes.

It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, "Great, I get to remake my song."