Robert Fulghum Quotes

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

The most important thing is to keep creating and following my inklings as they come into being and acting on them.

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

Dig into life with wild roving abandon, opening your mind to the delicious possibilities that perplex the mind, entice the heart, and excite the spirit.

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

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

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.

In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

You've gotta dive into the abyss if you wanna get anything good. Every record, you've gotta go down in the abyss and hope that you come out of it alive.