St. Lucia Quotes

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.

That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.

Musicians are always eclectic. Musicians are always curious and hungry for new things.

You are constantly looking for ways to do something you haven't done before, whether it's a particular role or doing theatre. As a person, I'm really open to experience.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Music is still my main thing, but I will explore anything that's interesting and challenging.

I'm always trying to think of things we haven't done.

My style evolves day by day; I love change.

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

Curiosity is a great weapon for the artist.

I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.

I'm always moving forward and trying new things.

Don't let tradition paralyze your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Be progressive in everything you do.

I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.

The reason I shift gears constantly, why I'm doing an opera, why I've done essays, why I've written poetry for years that nobody wanted, why I do short stories and novels and screenplays... is so I will have new ways of failing. This means becoming a student again.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

The patterns are simple, but followed together, they make for a whole that is wiser than the sum of its parts. Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down, but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies; frequent coffeehouses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle; reinvent. Build a tangled bank.

Never...stop at the boundaries of what you think your knowledge or training would suggest. If a problem grabs you, run with it and try to understand it from beginning to end, even if that means learning new techniques or developing them yourself.

I think I still keep my sense of wonder, which I call childlike, not childish, childlike. I still have a vivid imagination, and I like to try a lot of new things.

I can strip down basic principles of certain things and apply it to everything else. And that keeps you interested, changing the art form, making it more avant-garde. Because I can't play any instruments.

If a totally new image is to come into being however, there must be sensitivity to internal messages, the image itself must be sensitive to change, must be unstable, and it must include a value image which places high value on trials, experiments, and the trying of new things.

You just want to try a bunch of stuff, because you don't know what's going to be great.

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.