Toni Morrison Quotes

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

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.

I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder.

I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

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

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

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

For me, I love to dream big, and I love to find ways to be a bit of an explorer. These days, it seems like everything is padded and comes with warning labels.

Definition is the death of discovery.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.

I think that's something a scientist can do because a scientist works at a border, at the edge of science, at the edge of knowledge, and so there's a lot of fun of reaching out and thinking about things that other people didn't think about. And so it has a kind of exploratory notion, kind of adventurous part in it.

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.

I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.

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 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.

Everything is an experiment.

We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure runs any risk of disappearing in our world.

The best ideas come out of getting lost.

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

The core of what we're doing is, we're playing with the world. And our curiosity in doing that is what we are most proud of and what we like to put out there.

Curiosity is a great weapon for the artist.

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.

All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.