Quotes About Evolution

You know, it's absolutely connected to The Mollusk in that, it's what we're writing after The Mollusk. A lot of this stuff reminds me of things on The Mollusk.

I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission.

I think, in history, everything is about the remix.

I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.

When I do a remix, I try to think about what I don't have in my bag and create something to fill that gap.

I believe that cinema died on the 31 September 1983 when the zapper, or the remote control, was introduced into the living rooms of the world.

Natural selection will not remove ignorance from future generations.

But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.

People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?

There is an opportunity for us to renew ourselves. There's an opportunity for us to leave the past behind and present something different for the future.

I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of one and renew yourself.

Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers.

When rock loses integrity it's time for renewal.

I embody the renewed monarchy for a new time.

I don't watch my own past films: when I watch them, I find they don't work very well, because I have changed. If I continue to make films, in fact, it is because I always want to repair my films. My inner rhythm has changed; I have changed. I have changed my way to film.

It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.

Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution.

I don't want to repeat my mistakes.

When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.

I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an abstract way; for the next record, I'd try not to do that. They are all connected in a personal way but it's important not to repeat myself, because then I can always learn something about myself through my work.

I don't repeat myself and I don't look back because everything is hard work and the only way forward is to continue to be creative.

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.

Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.