Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

Without curiosity, there will never be any innovation.

Curiosity is thought on its entering edge.

When we venture beyond the edge of our knowledge, all we have is art.

Ideas come from curiosity.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

I have fun with ideas; I play with them.

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.

I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.

A lot of our creative flow comes from a place of curiosity and exploration. It often feels like we're excavating and asking questions and not just giving answers but really just exploring.

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

If I knew what the photograph was going to look like, I wouldn't bother taking it. It's the voyage of discovery that fascinates me.

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.