Matthew Vaughn Quotes

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

We've all forgotten how to be original.

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

I want to work with anybody original.

I don't think I've ever made a claim to startling originality.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

There is a place for visionaries and the avant-garde in this world, but not at 9 o'clock on a network.

Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.

If I find cool, open-minded people, want to do unique one-of-a-kind kind of project, I'll do it as long as I can.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Whenever I try to do something, I figure out what other people aren't doing or how can I do it different or how can I stand out.

Be original; don't be scared of being bold!

Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun.

You don't want to just do 'me too' companies that are copying what others are doing.

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

The most successful people in the world are the ones who thought of that idea that was 'too crazy to work.'

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

Sometimes a crazy idea can make something special.

The easiest thing is to create something no one has ever seen before. There's a reason no one's ever seen it - because someone tried it, and it didn't work in the real world.