Therese Fowler Quotes

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

When I'm an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don't know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that's what excites me.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

I'm always trying to think of things we haven't done.

I like the unknown. That's what Terry Malick has always really liked. He's always looking for the unexpected.

Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before.

The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another.

Art is like turning corners, one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn.

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.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

The unknown is always interesting.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.