Sting Quotes

I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.

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.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.

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.

I was so nervous about 'Kingsman,' I can't tell you, because when you do things different and fresh and fun and crazy, you don't know how people are going to react.

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

I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity.

Christine and the Queens is about not being safe.

In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong.

So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track.

If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do. Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

I've always been somebody who, when I started a picture, never knew what the next picture would be.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish. I've always wished that for myself.

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

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

Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail.

Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.