Mirai Nagasu Quotes

What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't let ourselves say no to an idea.

I never cared so much about making perfect sense. I wanted to make perfect nonsense.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

When I came to El Bulli, right away I knew I was becoming part of something incredible. It was like watching the Big Bang happening right in front of me.

I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special.

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform.

There's a lot of wisdom that my dad and my grandparents and my uncle have been able to impart on me, and what I've treasured the most is I've seen examples in my life of people embracing their creativity, not feeling insecure about their artistic inclinations.

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.

This world has a way of trying to homogenize you. Trying to sanitize you. Trying to scrub you of your unique divine genius. This world wants to make you regular.

My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.

I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.

I don't feel like I've ever fit into a specific mold ever since I was very young. That's what so cool about YouTube is that you can do whatever you want.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

It has always been my aim to live everyday like Halloween by celebrating individuality and creative freedom within a world of horror.

For an artist, to be normal is a disaster

When in doubt, be ridiculous.

... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style. The result, I think, is pretty interesting ... we don't expect to make a fortune at it or ever be popular or famous or worshipped or hit The Ed Sullivan Show or the circuses or the big top. As long as we can play, we'll play, regardless of what it's for, who it's for or anything. It's fun for us - that's the important thing.

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

Do the things that make perfect sense to you, [and] don't be afraid to shout it from the mountain tops just because it's outside the box or against the grain in your industry. More often than not, you're probably going to be right.