Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.

I want to challenge myself, challenge my styles.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

I didn't do my work for money or prizes - only for the excitement of discovery.

I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.

I began to do this thing I do of giving myself a class every day, and trying to experiment and push further. I don't mean to say I knew everything, because I didn't, but I would do what I knew and then push beyond that and see what else I could find.

Take risks and try new things.

Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.

The greater opportunity enabled me to make important discoveries and inventions.

As an actor, I still have to remind myself of daring to let go and not to repeat myself.

Let us go on outdoing ourselves; a revolutionary man always transcends himself or otherwise he is not a revolutionary man, so we always do what we ask of ourselves or more than what we know we can do.

I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get than by inventing something.

The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks.

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence.

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

It has cost me years of thought to arrive at certain results, by many believed to be unattainable, for which there are now numerous claimants, and the number of these is rapidly increasing, like that of the colonels in the South after the war.

I'm always trying to swim to new ground.

Schools often box kids into predefined categories. But we don't know what amazing ideas, inventions, cures, and contributions all these youths really have.

I just want to test out all that Kellan is and push him to the limits and create new Kellans.

The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.

There are still many large white spaces on the map of human knowledge. You can go discover them. So do it. Get out there and fill in the blank spaces. Every single moment is a possibility to go to these new places and explore them.