Mark Fisher Quotes

I always tend to favor the newer idea.

Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.

He will be successful who directs his actions according to the spirit of the times, and that he whose actions do not accord with the times will not be successful

Nobody's interested in something that could've been done before.

Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

It's a new game now, you know, you have to bring some fresh stuff.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

You have to fight against being an antique.

The New is not a fashion, it is a value.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common

I always naturally want to change things up if I possibly can. I never want to write a sequel to a book. I don't want to go back over things. I don't want to adapt my own books for the screen. That's something that's important to me, the keeping it fresh.

People are really surprised by the fact that I keep in touch with the latest trends rather than retreating to the distant past.

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

If it's genuinely new, when people are hearing it, they're not really gonna be comfortable because they haven't heard it a thousand times before.

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.

I think being completely authentic about the time you live in is something that I would view as a career-long objective - to find out what is authentically this moment.

What I feel like science fiction fans respond to is just people trying to hit them with something new, something they haven't seen. And if you do that you'll be okay.

It's important to stay current and fresh.