Joseph Benavidez Quotes

I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.

What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.

There's a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

Every 10 years or so, there was a moment when I'd say, even subconsciously, 'Is that all there is?' You've got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself.

I love the challenge of new ideas.

My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.

I love what I do. I love the invigoration of doing things I haven't done before.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

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 ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I always want to remain inspired.

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.

You have to really use your imagination to refresh your daily life.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.