Julie Walters Quotes

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

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

How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.

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.

I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.

There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk. I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

I think if you don't risk something in art, it's not really important.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market.

No art ever came out of not risking your neck.

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

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration - because it's a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks.

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

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.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

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

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.