Quotes About Curiosity

I was 16 before I met another passionate collector. One summer, I visited England; a new friend took me calling on his dotty, brilliant old aunt. She occupied a quaint house in Kent. Its walls were lined with glass-fronted cases full of what? Ancient shoe buckles.

When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems.

Generally, when I come to festivals, I just wander freely and see what happens.

I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me.

I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.

I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' She really supported my wanderings, called me Marco Polo.

I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

I can be a bit nerdy so I need a good, clearly marked map, as you can miss out on some of the coolest places in Amsterdam if you don't have a wander down the little side streets.

Basically, life isn't just about eating and partying - we need to figure out unique ways in which we can add to our curiosity levels, besides satisfying the wanderer in us.

My mum was quite a wanderer. She had a real sense of adventure and a cheekiness to her, which is something I like and that I try to take into my style of work.

With 'Urban Secrets,' I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.

The desire to get from point A to point B in the shortest, most efficient amount of time without ever wandering off path, can mean you miss out on those happy accidents that push you further and faster in a direction you never even considered.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie or something. Just wandering the city is entertainment.

It's fun wandering around other people's minds.

I don't do a lot of research, exactly, but I'm constantly wandering through the world finding things incredible and remembering them.

Sometimes the best reading comes just by accident. Someone talks about a book, or you're just wandering the stacks in the library, and you find a book that you love.

I often stumble upon new stories when I am wandering on the roads in search of information.

I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around, when my dad was working, as a kid.

I love wandering around the vintage shops.

You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.

I'm not a camp, throwaway queen; I'm not in Neverland. I'm not Jennifer Lopez with three people to pluck my eyebrows. I've made myself what I want to be - not everybody's cup of tea. And people wanna have a look at me. I fully accept that. People have always wanted to have a look at me.

When I do appearances and stuff and I just wanna see the new pictures, I Google myself.