Alan Hansen Quotes

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail

If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.

I like pushing boundaries.

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.

There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like ice. It takes risk to make a mistake. If you don't take risk, you are boring.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk. I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

I would like to try to never do the same thing twice, and fail huge sometimes.

Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.

A lot of times, the people who have the confidence to say, 'I don't know what the rules are, so I'm just going to do what I want,' are the most exciting people.