Robert Rauschenberg Quotes

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

I try not to do anything by formula.

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

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

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

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

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

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

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

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

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

We value feeling over knowing, because you can't prove something that hasn't been done before.

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

I just want to keep pushing the envelope without it feeling forced.