Stefan Hell Quotes

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.

To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

The minute someone says 'Oh God, you could never do that; you can't get that kind of stuff on the air'...that's the kind of stuff I want to do.

I'm somebody who explores extraordinary possibilities, not ordinary ones.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable.

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

I don't think we ought to base our policy on what the conventional wisdom is.... The conventional wisdom usually is wrong.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk. I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

I reject most conventional wisdom.

There are times when what you do will be mysterious to everyone... times when you have to change directions before people are ready. Just because someone does something that critics don't like or understand doesn't mean you're failing as a musician. It probably means you're growing.

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

I don't want to play safe, because there are a lot of people who are playing it safe, and I don't want to be one of them.

I feel that one thing that a businessman can learn is do not follow a path that has already been successful. You will never be a path-breaker then.

A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.