Anoushka Shankar Quotes

Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.

I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.

I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.

We can be incredibly disconnected in this day and age with computers and cell phones.

I don't think you can approach any piece of art with boundaries or rules. I think respect is a very important thing, but I also think what we discover along the way is really important.

I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.

I like to discover new things, and I'm always testing new apps.

Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.

We lack rituals in this modern world.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

I much prefer the modern world.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

By not going to school I learned that the world is a beautiful place and needs to be discovered.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

I mean, the idea that Bar could have sent him off on a Grand Tour. But he wasn't the least bit interested. Why? Why isn't he interested in the world? Because here's the bad news for him: He's in the world now.

Sometimes I'm dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us; that's the gilded glow of technology, and I marvel at it all the time.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

We should be happy. We should be enjoying that there is all this bounty. Somebody can take an iPod and have all the world's music at their beck and call in an instant. What an amazing thing!

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

I think once you start traveling, you don't stop.

The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.

I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.

Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.

Sometimes people walk into plays by accident - they don't even know what they're looking at; they just think to give it a chance. That can be the beginning of a long friendship.