Joseph Chilton Pearce Quotes

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

There's no such thing as a cautious creative.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

But I've always tried to make the best of fear, then, because without fears there's no art.

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

I was kind of nervous to put 'Learning' out: it's a lot different. That's who I am. I'm going to push the boundaries.

I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.

Any real piece of writing is an act of courage.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

There's a lack of creativity in every field because people are afraid. As an artist in this world we can do whatever we want

Be brave enough to live creatively.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

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

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.