Jean-Luc Godard Quotes

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

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

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

It's always been very important to me to try to do projects which are breaking new ground.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

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

Originality is dangerous.

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.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe, since the safe things are just the things that folks have been doing so long they have worn the edges off and there's nothing to the doing of them that leaves a man to say, That was not done before and it cannot be done again.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Don't listen to the prevailing majority points of view. If you have new ideas, push them.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

I guess I think about doing stuff that nobody else has done.

You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush.

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'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.

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

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.