Fearless Innovation Quotes

Boldness in itself is genius.

I do admire a lot of artists now who are completely multi-faceted - they're doing seven different jobs all at once and it doesn't seem to faze them whatsoever. It just astonishes me completely and I have nothing but admiration for them.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

It takes vision and courage to create

Think so big, so audacious that people will think you are crazy.

Tell anyone and everyone your idea without fear they're going to steal it.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

Don't be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyone's bets. Be bold. Be stupid, if you have to: so long as you don't hurt anybody, what's it matter how dopey your dream is? If I hadn't made TUSK? If I'd let it die as a podcast? I wouldn't have three other movies I'm now making within the span of a year. Some folks will try to shame you for trying something outside the norm; the only shame is in not trying to accomplish your dreams.

The TED Fellowship exposed me to a set of youngsters who had wilder ideas than I did - and almost all of them were pursuing their wild and crazy ideas without fear of failure.

I've been lucky between 'Buffy,' 'Angel,' 'Alias,' and then 'Lost.' The thing they all have in common is that they were all fearless. They were not afraid to be different and try something different. Even if you didn't know that it was going to work, just try to do something new and fresh.

It's great to jump into things you're not sure of and you haven't done and that are a little scary. That's what we have to do, as artists.

It's the unbridled passion and the fearlessness to just go into something with reckless abandon that allows you to create something from nothing. That allows you to innovate. That allows you to take things to the extreme.

I hope for continued bravery and risk-taking for all theatremakers in 2018 and beyond.