Nick Cave Quotes

Once we decide we have to do something, we can go miles ahead.

I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think of 95 reasons why not to make a movie. You've got to address why you want to make the movie and get it done. Just do it." I tend to live by that rule.

The world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.

I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin' all these years is changin' it up.

If you want to bring change to any field, beat away at a problem until you solve it.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

If you want to do things – to change things – you must run the risk of not succeeding.

The future belongs to those who change it.

I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.

It's great to just keep going and throw new stuff out there.

There's a lot of songs and songwriters out there - you have to make something stand out to pitch songs. Sometimes you have to be bold and just try something different. And just stick with it - don't give up if nothing happens.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.

You didn't think that when you got up this morning that this would be the day your life would change did you? But it's going to happen because the only thing that stands between you and grand success are getting started and not stopping.

If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for a decade till someone else did it first. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

If you're not creating, you're waiting.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Above all, try something

When it can't be done, do it. If you don't do it, it doesn't exist.

The goal has never been to always succeed. The goal is to be allowed to keep initiating.