Lisa Randall Quotes

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

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

If I'd done the discovery before I wrote the book, then there would be nothing to discover. It would feel dutiful instead of exciting.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

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.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

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

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

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.

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

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

We especially need imagination in science.

We seem to forget that innovation doesn't just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it comes from a human place. Innovation in the sciences is always linked in some way, either directly or indirectly, to a human experience.

You want experimentation. Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something that blows your mind.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

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.