Patrick Demarchelier Quotes

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I think you're in trouble if you start chasing what you've done in the past. You always need to move on and look forward and do something new.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.

People don't normally change when things are going well. But I want to see what's next and keep moving. That keeps things fresh.

In order to make room for the new (whether it's new clothes or new thoughts and ideas), we must release the old and the outworn.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

I always look forward, not back.

I'm very much inclined to be a next-chapter guy instead of a last-chapter guy.

Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

When I left, after my divorce, when I left Oklahoma, I never looked back. It was the future. It was looking forward from then on.

I don't want to live on past records.

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.

I am the type that cannot stay put in living in the past and solely in the past. It's not healthy and it doesn't feel right.

I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.

Don't settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.

I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.

My way is to look forward, not back.

You'd like people to remember you for these great times on the ice. In reality, you want them to forget because you're doing something new and better.

I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.

Don't be content with things as they are.

Too much we have lived in our history. We must live in the future.

I don't want to get stale. I'm always interested in new things.