Best quotes about Experimental Creativity Exploration

Best Experimental Creativity Exploration Quotes

Experimental Creativity Exploration By Patrick Wright01/07/2026

Experimental Creativity Exploration

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Persistence and Iteration

Making the attempt is what matters most.

If You Figure Out How To Accomplish One (1), Then You'll Figure Out How To Accomplish 100+

I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it.

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it.

You can’t do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul.

If you only have 10 examples of something, it's going to be hard to make deep learning work. If you have 100,000 things you care about, records or whatever, that's the kind of scale where you should really start thinking about these kinds of techniques.

I've taken a number of creative leaps, and some of them worked, and some of them didn't, but I don't regret any of them because you can't possibly get to the ones that work without the ones that don't.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

I believe that work should be done with 100 per cent dedication.

Embracing Failure and Experimentation

If input exceeds output you better enjoy it.

How many times can you put together 26 different stories without running out?

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

It really is appallingly difficult to do something which is complete in every respect, and I think most people are content with mere approximations. Well, my dear friend, I intend to battle on, scrape off and start again...

Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it.

This is really carpet-bombing, super-saturation. It is a very ambitious program but sampling is the first step if you are looking to move things forward. And it is the single best investment you can make.

Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

If anything is worth trying at all, it’s worth trying at least 10 times.

Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it.

I'm just trying to do my best, and we'll see if it's enough or not.

I've taken a number of creative leaps, and some of them worked, and some of them didn't, but I don't regret any of them because you can't possibly get to the ones that work without the ones that don't.

Stuck as Adam Cartwright, I was only able to use about one-tenth of my ability.

Resourcefulness and Efficiency

I'm making 20 times more with Vessel for doing the same amount of work, if not less, than with YouTube.

You can't do half the stuff you can do at DI. I had to try not to push around as much.

With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?

There's only so much you can do with only half your samples in.

Dedicate a lot of your time creating Vines and try to post daily.

I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.

It was really hard to choose just 10 works.

It all depends on how much effort I'm willing to put in.

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results.

I don't like to give a 50 percent effort.

It's just about getting those runs on the board and the more I can do that, the more I can put my name up there.

Don't use a lot where a little will do.

Innovation and New Approaches

I've wanted to do it for years, but every attempt at it has turned into another tune. We have actually taken a different approach, we're doing a lot of sampling - we're even sampling bits of Flash!

I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.

When I approached Volume 1 of 'Lucid,' I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues, or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.

When I approached Volume 1 of Lucid, I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues, or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.

I just wanted to try something different. A new start, a new number.

Only six need be attempted.

Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.

Although the Perl Slogan is There’s More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

That’s the easiest 69 I ever made.

There's not a lot I haven't done, from being the No. 1 option to the No. 12 option.

The harder stuff has always done it for me. Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up!

I want to do new things, and I want to do more 200s than 100s.

Other

Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results.

You ever tried sixty-nine, Lola? I think you'd like it. You're a good multi-tasker.

Of course I want to take the last shot, let's be quite frank: I've been doing for nine years already, and I've made a ton of them.

I can't give you 150 takes. I can't even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don't have the talent or the range for it.

Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing.

I have to make several duplicates of every scorecard.

This is fun. I should do this more often.

That's the easiest 69 I ever made.

If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough

Three-hundred items is a very simple, straightforward thing to do. I knew what was being said here was extremely complicated and extremely lengthy.

I can’t give you 150 takes. I can’t even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don’t have the talent or the range for it.

Believe me, I’m not going to try to get into testing.

If brute force doesn’t work, you aren’t using enough.

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Patrick Wright

Software engineer and creator of Quotesperation. I curate wisdom from history's greatest minds to inspire and guide modern life. When I'm not collecting quotes, I'm writing about technology and finding connections between timeless wisdom and today's challenges.