Steven Knight 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.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

The element of truth in the concept of genius is to be sought in the object, in what is open, not confined by repetition.

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.

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

The most valuable thing in culture is to find something first - so everyone is always looking.

I like to find areas where design has not yet gone.

I'm always looking to make something that didn't exist before, fumbling about in the dark, not just while making a collection. The search for something new is a constant in my everyday life. But constantly searching for something new is like looking for a well in a desert.

I try to do what has never been done before.

It's always fun to try something new. People think every avenue has been explored on TV, but this has never been done. That, in itself, really excites me.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

What gets me excited is the original principle.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, 'Show me something I don't know about. Show me something I haven't seen.'

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

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

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.