Mat Kearney Quotes

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.

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.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

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.

Doing different things is great. It's always good to change things up. If you do the same thing over and over, it can get boring.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.

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

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.

If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

Life would be much easier if I just wrote the same book over and over again. But I'm not interested in doing that.

I always want to do - take everything and take it to the next step. I don't want to just keep doing something the same ol' thing. Obviously, I could have wrote 'Mother' 20 times and made tons of money and be playing gigantic arenas and whatever, but that's not really what I want to do.