Wolfgang Tillmans Quotes

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.

Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.

Danger is cool.

And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world.

For my money, if I'm playing anything then it has to have some sharp angles on it. It's got to have some edges that you can cut yourself on, otherwise it's boring.

I love the fast lane.

There is risk everywhere. Being alive carries the risk of death.

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

I live to feel myself in danger.

I like the edge of danger.

Live fast, die young.

Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.

It's a kind of Russian roulette.

The best actors just stay in the moment, and whatever happens in the scene is a genuine surprise. You really do not know what's going to happen next. But living that out in life is very dangerous because it throws you into a place where you don't know if you're going to survive.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

In wartime you never know what is going to happen, you never know whether you will still be around tomorrow, and that is a great leveller.

Provocations are like a Molotov cocktail. They only work one time out of ten, but when it works, it can also be dangerous for the arm that is throwing it. It's the price that has to be paid.

No one was safe in the Viking age. You could die from any cause at any time. It's a brutal time and a brutal environment.

I think that's when I have the most fun: when things are on the line.

My line of work makes you aware of the fragility of life. You can get up in the morning, eat your cornflakes, blow-dry your hair, go to work and end up dead.