Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

If we knew what we were doing we wouldn't be entertaining.

I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.

I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

'Damage' is about taking risks, stepping into new territory regardless of the outcome.

My absolutely favorite time of working on a project is the time I spend not knowing what it is. Because the longer you live inside that period, the likelier you are to discover something new.

I love diving into the unknown. That's been my M.O. ever since I was a kid.

You try a lot of things and you don't know what the hell you're doing. If you're actually inventing something you shouldn't know what you're doing.

None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway.

[...] My wild words slip into fusion and risk losing the solid ground. So stranger, get wilder still. Probe the highlands.

U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.

Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of way. And that's the excitement of it.

I'll try anything once.

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.