The Weeknd Quotes

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

It's something I have always tried to do in my career - play outside the box.

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

I want to do everything I can possibly do to step outside the box.

I try not to do anything by formula.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

The innovator, however, must in the first place be discontented, he must doubt the value of what he is doing or question the accepted ways of doing it. And secondly, he must be prepared to take fresh paths, to venture into fields where he is by no means expert. This is true, at least, of major forms of innovation; they make it possible for other men to be expert, but are not themselves forms of expertise

Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the time she re-spells my words and corrects my punctuation, I can't read what I wrote. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.

It's important to be unconventional.

I have always lived my life outside of the box. I find it to be way more fun there.

I like to try and be outside of the box or do things that other people aren't doing.

It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

In art, anything goes, and if it goes, it goes.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.

I like pushing boundaries.

Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.

I like taking up challenges. I prefer working with scripts that are different and veer from the tried and tested. So far, it's always worked.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.