George M. Church Quotes

I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.

I don't want a lot of guys like me who played the game. Quite frankly, I want blank canvases; I want people to come in with new ideas. I don't want the biases of their own experiences to be a part of their decision-making process.

If I start playing by the rules, I will inhibit myself of the possibilities that lie beyond. I don't like to be framed or given borders to operate in or curtail my thought process and as a writer it's not only my choice but also my need to go beyond the given framework.

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

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one will want to go through it. But if I persist, people will go through it.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.

I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

I think a lot of people may have a unique insight or some idea that they feel could be a great solution for a particular problem, but for some reason never have a chance to try or never have the courage or maybe the self-doubt. Really, it's best just to remain naive and continue to work on things and see if people have the same problems.

Any new ideas go into PiL. My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. I don't listen to any music when I'm in PiL-zone, because influences can poison your well. Otherwise, I listen to anything.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.

I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I get to do in comedies.

The 'Friday sessions' refer to something that you're not paid for and not supposed to do during your professional life. Curiosity-driven research. Something random, simple, maybe a bit weird - even ridiculous. Without it, there are no discoveries.

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

A lot of people get really stuck in this idea that everything's been done and there's nowhere left to go.

I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.

What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't let ourselves say no to an idea.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.