Ethan Coen Quotes

I think audiences crave something new. I don't think audiences want the same old thing, no matter how much conventional Hollywood tells you that.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

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

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

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

You always have to find some new ways. Old ways are too known.

I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

You don't want to try to recreate something you've already done.

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure.

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

I will always do something new.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

The big deal for me has always been innovation.

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

In order to innovate, you have to experiment.

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

What I like on Kickstarter is when I see real innovation and I see people building something new. It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren't passing the technology forward.

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.

Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

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