Quotes About Boundary-pushing

What I love about the Coen brothers - what everyone loves - is that they sort of toe the line of a truly dark comedy.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

His tastes leaned toward the marvellous and the monstrous, and I have heard that his experiments in the direction of the unknown have passed all the bounds of civilization and of decorum.

If I had a dick, I would fuck this peanut butter," deliberately spraying cracker bits toward me. "I think if you had a dick, all sorts of bad things would happen.

The music I should be doing is music that you haven't heard before - whether you like it or not. I don't want to just repeat.

Harry leaned forward. "You put your penis on the page.

There is nothing more profitable than the extreme avant garde.

There's not one way of cooking. The problem with elBulli is that we did so many different things. We were looking to push the boundaries. In the end, we created 1846 recipes, each one was a story.

I love making people uncomfortable, and when people say, 'I cringed watching [that] scene,' that's the biggest compliment you can give me.

Make no mistake... 'South Park' is brutal. It takes subjects that aren't supposed to be touched at all and handles them roughly. It's true that it's crude and rude and disgusting, even in its treatment of subjects that are supposed to be solemn - spoken of only in polite whispers and polished platitudes if they're ever spoken of at all.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

The best way to do comedy is to not filter yourself, and then you could always fix it later. You want to be able to push the envelope.

There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.

The true vanguardist is unnaceptable, infamous and illegible.

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.

I do strive to be the Andy Kaufman of TV news.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

I'm really cocky. Or - I've been thinking about this word a lot - I'm 'mischievous,' and I want to make light of things and push the boundaries.

People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.

Edie Sedgwick had a cool style she pushed the envelope for the time.

I love Kanye, I love what he does musically, I love his ability to push the envelope.

I've always been attracted to comedy that was really close to the line and made people a little uncomfortable, because that's where progress comes from.

I really appreciate Barry Jenkins as a filmmaker and the fact that he's always wanting to push the envelope and challenge perspective and make people uncomfortable in a way that doesn't seem like it's allowed anymore.

I want to shock people. I want to do roles that nobody else can do.