David Byrne Quotes

I am in the business of exploring crazy possibilities.

I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.

I think we shouldn't buckle up our creativity. You've got to experiment!

I like companies that try and break away from the norm.

In Washington, common sense policy is considered bold.

All the big successes of my career have been ideas that, on paper, you think, 'Well nobody's going to go for this because that genre is so dead.'

You need to be imagining all the time, imagining yourself outside the walls of your own skull.

I've never been very practical or realistic - I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it?

There's really no way to plan how to play an alien.

Innovation happens everywhere.

If you are looking for someone to break the mold, the last guy you look to is Robert Mueller.

If you give the boss all the decision-making power, they see the world through their eyes. The big innovations are generally such a shift that they won't see it. For a long time, it looked like it was just inevitable that you would get slow and bureaucratic.

I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just do what makes the most sense.

Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.

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 follow the lead of the artists, they will take you places that you could never go on your own.

Creativity is a game changer. That's true of society, in advertising and in life.

When our schedules are busy, and we are working hard on the tasks immediately at hand, it can be difficult to see that big, potential breakthrough idea right in front of us, much less act on it.

My kids do very extraordinary things that make sense.

There is a clearing for new creative thought in choreography. I don't feel intimidated; there is a lot I can do that is new or innovative or different.

When you're making anime, if you get all of your inspiration from anime... it's going to lack originality and creativity, so I try to get my inspiration from different genres.

The biggest thing I've learnt is not to limit myself by the norm or what I should be doing.

We are constantly scanning for opportunities.

I know it's strange, but I've always had a better time with other people's wild ideas. Coming up with my own is a deeply emotional and challenging thing to do.

I love wild, baroque, slightly excessive theatrical ideas, and because television needs so much material, there's a chance to get some of those odd ideas done.