Quotes About Exploration

There was always a unique Beirut sound, it was always there, and so this time I just dove straight into that, instead of daydreaming and wandering.

I was always looking outside of myself for stories and ideas and influences and then I kind of realized in 2010, that all of this time, I've developed a "sound." And I've never fully explored it.

Eleven would have been the best time. Eleven is just about the best age for almost everything.

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

Until you have wasted time in a city, you cannot pretend to know it well.

When I'm making a movie, I don't like to know what's going to happen next. I like to watch something and be surprised all the time, and just not know, and let it take me wherever.

You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.

Any art worth its name requires you to be fundamentally lost for a very long time.

I've always been fascinated by the concept of time.

If you can do something with your eyes closed, it is time to try something new.

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any kid.

With each movie [Twilight saga], we went in trying to explore that character a little deeper, or in a different sense. But, at the same time, there was a comfort in knowing that you know this person.

Why? is the boy's motto, why does, why is, why not? Food, weather, time, fires, sea and season, clothes and cars and people; it's all grist to the mill of why.

I really enjoyed working on the 2009 film, 'Aliens in the Attic,' because it was shot in New Zealand and I got to visit there for the first time.

I want to spend my time at colleges and universities.

When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do.

Once upon a time, a girl lived in a sandcastle, making monsters to send through a hole in the sky.

We have traveled through space and time. We have been many places. Visited many worlds. And there is good news: the acoustics everywhere are terrific.

Everyone lives under their rocks in L.A., so it takes a long time to find your lane.

I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course.

[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people. It's a way in. It's gentle, but at the same time it's subversive, and I like that duality.

I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.

Each time that I have two or three days off, I'm off somewhere in California.

I just don't want to repeat the same thing over and over again, so I'm always looking for something that's going to be challenging and make me nervous every time I start a project.