Jacques Barzun Quotes

Make something new, and define territory that's never been. I fall in love with shows because I've never see that before. I fall in love with new vocabularies.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new, and keep it exciting.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up.

In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

You want experimentation. Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something that blows your mind.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

Play is the answer to the question, 'How does anything new come about?'