Sonny Mehta Quotes

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Holy cow!

Good God what a fine sight. I had no conception that there was such a scene in the world, and to find it in my own dominions.

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery!

I love to be surprised.

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.

The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.

I want to see something I've never seen before.

What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidts the night of non-being.

There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins.

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.

My motto is more, 'If you want to find something new, look for something new!' There is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

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

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

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.

It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand.

People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.