Jurgen Habermas Quotes

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.

I've always been ahead of the curve when it came to trying new stuff in the underground scene.

I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

Oracle has grown and advanced because we've been consistently willing to cannibalize ourselves.

Mars Volta was always about embracing what 'too much' was and the excess of it. I never thought there would be an audience for it.

I think the character of a man is to establish something where no one else has ever done before.

I was always excited about doing things with people that were ahead of their time, that were sort of out of sync with the rest of society.

You've got to be a special type of guy to strap a camera to your head, especially if you're the first guy to do it.

Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners.

From the beginning, we have fostered a culture that embraces our entrepreneurial spirit and values innovation that puts our customers first.

I really don't find revivals very interesting because I like new work a lot. I feel like if you're going to pay me, then let me do what I do and let me try to solve some problems. Let me try to make something fly. Why would I do something that everybody has already done the hard work on? But that's me. Tons of people do revivals really well.

You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way.

I always try to do something nobody else has done.

Nobody ever asked me to do anything. Nobody knew what to do. When comics were brand new, nobody knew what kind of comics to make. So you were mostly on your own.

You try a lot of things and you don't know what the hell you're doing. If you're actually inventing something you shouldn't know what you're doing.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

There is never a crowd on the leading edge.

What pioneer ever had chart and a lighthouse to steer by?

Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it.

At the very core of RIM is the innovation. We always think ahead. We always think forward. We sometimes think the unthinkable. And that is fantastic.