Edwin Catmull Quotes

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things.

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.

I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

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

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that you might love 'em, you might hate 'em, but most of the time, they're trying to be different or trying new things, which I think is really important.

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.

I don't know if there's a genetic marker for entrepreneurship. But if there is, it's most likely not a genius for planning. It's a propensity for action - and the ability to put failure behind you quickly. To stop being precious about your ideas.

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

Above all, try something

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

I didn't think; I experimented.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.