"Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage an audience. They need to be able to involve their own imaginations as well. They don't need everything thrust down their throat, and I have a tendency to do that. I always have had a tendency to do that."

-- Nick Cave

#Imagination Quotes #Able Quotes #Pushing Quotes

“Whatever attitude we bring into a situation will be multiplied”
“I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician.”
“It was a strange man, a kind of black humorist, a true philosopher. One day he said: "If my books could ensure an increase in the number of murders, well, it will mean that they have been quite useful in some way or another."”
“Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians.”
“Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.”
“Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.”
“Innovation often originates outside existing organizations, in part because successful organizations acquire a commitment to the status quo and a resistance to ideas that might change it”
“When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. November 3, 2010.

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