Cate Blanchett Quotes

By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have.

Also, differences of opinion can be creatively stimulating as well as frustrating.

If you have 130 people on set, all with different opinions, sometimes it's going to kick off. There might be some people who say I'm a big problem to work with - that you couldn't tell me anything - but hopefully, they don't.

I think good things come out of having tension with the people that you work with. You've got to be arguing in order to produce something interesting. If everyone's just agreeing with each other, you're not going to push the boundaries.

You can't have 'yes' people around you.

I want someone who can respectfully challenge me. I know what I believe, so there's no point in my taking on a relationship with someone who thinks like me or laughs at what I laugh at. I enjoy being with someone who can offer me the opposite.

I think it's important for whatever you are doing, even if it's a collection, to seek outside advice. If your world becomes too insular, it limits your creativity.

There's nothing that everyone likes in the world. People have different opinions. It's just the way of living. I know that there will be differences.

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate.

I think the advice, regardless of gender, is always be open to conversations with people who do things differently than you do. If you're starting to work in tech, talk to the artists, talk to the lawyers, talk to the people who are interested in other things.

It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

You don't want a whole bunch of yes people around you.

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.

Moral teaching should always be used as a gift and not a cudgel.... It is important that we all be able to share our moral viewpoints without hurting each other. That is what is wrong with political discourse today.

Schools cannot teach all minority viewpoints even if they are passionately held.

Ten men, ten minds

I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.

A good, hard-hitting dissent keeps you honest.

If you agree with everything I have said, then I have failed.

It's important to have people who are absolutely willing to say you're wrong or who have a totally different perspective than you do on everything. Fresh ideas are hard to come by, and good ones are even harder.

I personally believe that a critical part to innovation is that exchange of ideas so when you say, 'Here's my idea,' someone else at the next table, who is in a different party, will go, 'Oh, these guys are trying that,' so that comes.

Sometimes, we feel like we don't want to offend people, but there are times that we need to express ourselves without fear that somebody is going to shut us down simply because we have differing opinions. That's how we grow.