Freya Stark Quotes

Every minute spent worrying about 'the way things were' is a moment stolen from creating 'the way things can be'

The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind.

We need to look to the future. You can't come up with new things unless you constantly forget the past. There's no reason to keep wearing the same pair of pants.

You don't want to try to recreate something you've already done.

Something that has been important to me is never to repeat myself, never to go back.

In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.

The antidote to stagnation is innovation.

We make the future better than the past. We don't hide from history. We make history.

When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.

Whatever worked in the past, build on it; whatever didn't work in the past, break the chain that binds you to it.

We all get caught up in the process, especially when you have a wave of success. But to me, being creative is not about rehashing everything you've done over and over. It's to continue to grow, continue to get better.

We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to move forward.

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

Anything is better than stagnation.

The last thing we want is to remain as we are.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move.

I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

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.

Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do.