Yanni Quotes

I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.

I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible'.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

Negativity is the enemy of creativity.

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

I don't ever want to lose that mind-set where you've got to be able to realize different ideas-slash-fantasies-slash-possibilities in your life.

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

Imagination - that's the future for us.

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.

I dwell in possibility.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

Some men see things as they are and say “Why?” I dream things that never were and say, “Why not?”

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world

We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.

I find that when I write for children, I am more hopeful, less cynical. I don't use different words or a different sentence structure. I just hope more.

I am creative with both my limitations and my sense that everything is possible.