John Chamberlain Quotes

I keep an open mind.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.

I never think about a shoot before I do it. Because there's no formula for people. What I try to do is to strip everything away rather than go in with preconceived notions. If I do that, I might miss a gem or a jewel that the person is offering me.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

I'm someone who is open-minded to new experiences because they teach you new things.

Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

Be open-minded and available to everything and not just saying it's Jesus Christ or bust. So much of the world will do that. I find it troubling... Don't be dogmatic.

As I evolve, my interests change, always. But, what is consistent is that I always look for something new to play.

Everything I've ever done has been because of travel. Right from leaving Australia to where I am today - it's all been about exchanging different points of view. The most important lesson I've learnt is to look and listen to what's happening around you.

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

I like to absorb the atmosphere and explore wherever I'm working or visiting, so I can't say there's any type of place I don't like. When you travel you have to be open to new experiences.

If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.

I'm very open to following the stories that move me and reach that flexibility where you can be more flexible. I'm expanding my horizons.

The wise traveler is he who is perpetually surprised.

I think that cynicism is the enemy. Cynicism thinks it knows how things work. "Oh yeah, you know how that works." I think uncertainty is the thing you have to keep embracing. You have to keep saying, I actually don't know, and going out is going to tell me something every time.

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.

When you work with an actor and then you discover new things that are better, I think you gotta be free to be able to go with the new things that you're finding. I think that's very important. I have a strong idea when I go to shoot a movie but I also love to discover things when I'm on set as well.

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child's imagination.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

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.

You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of.

I'm open for possibilities. I'm open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I'm always eager to learn. I'm never going to close my mind from learning.