Siobhan Davies Quotes

What I always meant by that was that I do believe that a lot of directors, and writers, and sometimes producers just lose their edge because they haven't seen anybody or talked to anybody or been with anybody who isn't a kind of replica of themselves for a long period of time.

It's become easy for Americans to live in a cocoon of monolithic ideology and thought. It's time to embrace diversity of thought and diversity of experience.

The proliferation of styles, genres, and media need not be the death knell of anything. Instead, it's a sign that our acceptance for variation and experimentation has become wider, our interests have become more diverse, and our appetites have become more omnivorous.

I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly.

Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is unique.

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here!

Schools cannot teach all minority viewpoints even if they are passionately held.

I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage.

We can learn from everybody, man.

That process of exposure to diverse opinions isn't 'brainwashing' - it's education.

You have to hear from people who believe something different from you. That's why you go to college.

I think all literature should be read as comparative literature. And I think we should write out of what we know, but in the expectation that we can be changed at any moment by something we have yet to discover.

There is no cure for narrowness of mind.

What did exclusivity ever have to offer but a distorted, unrealistic view of the world? People who stuck only to their own kind were scared people.

We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.

Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.

People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you're going to see just about all that you can handle.

... the stranger is not a threat but an opportunity to grow in my view of reality, to grow in my own sense of possibility

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

The more you limit your choices, thereby limiting thought, the more you can simplify your life and focus your energy elsewhere.

We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.

I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.