Noel Clarke Quotes

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And they're all shows that are groundbreaking. I guess in the back of my head, I think, If you're not being groundbreaking, then what are you doing? If you're not being ballsy and honest and vulgar, then what are you doing?

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

Just finding ways to be not provocative for provocative's sake, but to show an idea that hasn't been shown before, I mean that's interesting to me.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

I dream of doing something where people are like: 'That's different, but it's still something I can relate to,' because that's the way of moving forward.

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.

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.

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

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.

Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

I think audiences crave something new. I don't think audiences want the same old thing, no matter how much conventional Hollywood tells you that.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.

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.

I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.