Travis Knight Quotes

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

The child in me wanted to try out new things and do something different.

I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.

All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

It's just about pushing yourself to realms that are uncharted. I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing, I don't know if it's any good, I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line. Not just a creative fantasy world or something like that, but a mood too.

An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.

I think one of the things about creativity is not to be afraid of saying the wrong thing.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

I love finding and doing new things and trying stuff out; that's my favorite thing to do.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.

I'm always tryin' to do something new, tryin' to look like a beginner.