Maryam Mirzakhani Quotes

The show has boundaries right now we're trying to widen them not break them.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

I am constantly trying to push my boundaries and break the mould that has been made for leading actresses, and it is such great fun.

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.

You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'.

The scientist and the artist are both passionate about their exploration. What leads to my work is that I'm equally an artist and an engineer.

There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.

A new medium always has a period when it is struggling inside the confining box of an earlier medium. Creators have to unlearn what they knew before they can see the fresh, uncharted vistas stretching before them.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

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.

People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.

To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.

We don't have a lot of space in our imaginations to allow people to expand what they do.

A scientist worthy of a lab coat should be able to make original discoveries while wearing a clown suit, or give a lecture in a high squeaky voice from inhaling helium. It is written nowhere in the math of probability theory that one may have no fun.

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.

Caltech is a very adventurous place. Part of the culture is that we tolerate people doing things that seem impossible, and also synthesizing and borrowing ideas across very kooky and unusual boundaries.

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.

That's one of the things I really respect and admire about 'Doctor Who', is that they're always thinking out of the box with the characters they write and the actor they employ to portray them. They're always challenging the stereotypes and peoples' way of thinking.

If you want people to think out of the box, you shouldn't create the box in the first place.

'2 Dope Queens,' it was just a way for us to showcase female comedians, showcase comedians of color, showcase LGBT comedians, and shake up the landscape and be like, 'Hey, there is more than just what is out there.'

My whole intention is to break down these limitations of what a black comedian is supposed to be and to open up a space.

There's so many things that Kanye does that I agree with and disagree with at times. I just say, 'You're in a different place, and what you're doing is experimental. Nobody's been there in hip-hop.'