Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

One finds limits by pushing them.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

I think the curiosity of mankind, that we want something unknown. Like, 500 years ago, humankind wanted to know what the other side of the ocean is, and it was a very risky project, and then we decided that probably we can fly; let's fly higher. And now we're flying space station, and still it's not enough for us: we want to know what's beyond.

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.

Space only becomes ordinary when the frontier is no longer being breached.

It's only when you push at the edges that you excel.

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward

I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's imagination around that idea of pushing out, is one of the most positive things that I think I could be involved with.

Don't practise what you know - practise what you don't know.

We need people pushing the boundaries. Exploration is what we, as humans, do.

If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

Comfort is the enemy of creativity.

You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

All progress is experimental.