Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

Without deviation progress is not possible.

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.

Because we are four creative people - four writers - there was no way that we were ever going to be satiated doing the same thing over and again. Change was inevitable for us. And a very natural thing.

I'm ever-changing and always evolving, always trying new things.

What is the use of going right over the old track again? There is an adder in the path which your own feet have worn. You must make tracks into the Unknown.

When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I wish to take a look at another corner.'

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.

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

It's no fun for an actor to keep repeating what you did before. It's always changing. I'm changing. The target keeps moving. That's the beauty of it.

All progress is experimental.

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

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.

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

Our home, just like our garden, evolves. We experiment, try out different things and new colors until we feel content. Try to keep the metaphor of home as garden in your consciousness.

I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

I love change, I need it.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

I believe if you are not rediscovering yourself and pushing boundaries, then you are not alive.

With any new medium, the full power is only unearthed with experimentation.

My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.

I like to keep changing because discovery is always interesting.

Progress only happens with change, and people love something different.

I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries.

You can't stand still in one spot, no matter how good it is. You have to do something new, keep trying. That's everything.