Quote by David DiSalvo

“Sometimes it is when we stop trying to understand or interrogate apparently 'absurd' phenomena - like the category of the 'new' in art- that…

— Zadie Smith

Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.

— Bertrand Russell

“Spiritual awakening doesn’t require a new experience; it’s simply seeing clearly what‘s already happening.”

— Darryl Bailey

Newness only becomes mere evil in its totalitarian format, where all the tension between individual and society, that once gave rise to the category…

— Theodor Adorno

“Mystical experiences do not necessarily supply new ideas to the mind, rather, they transform what one believes into what one knows, converting abstract concepts,…

— R.M. Jones

I think there is a need for something completely new. Something that is too different, too unexpected, to be accepted as yet.

— Anton Zeilinger

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can…

— Eric Hoffer

Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.

— Susan Wiggs

Here's the deal: the extraordinary becomes ordinary really quickly. One minute, everything is new and amazing, the next it's expected.

— Forrest Griffin

One of the many characteristics of the new is that, at first, it's very hard to recognize it for what it is. We're lucky…

— Junot Diaz

We tend to think things are new because we've just discovered them.

— Madeleine L'Engle

In the arts, people are always waiting for someone or some movement to "fulfill her/its/his promise." Then, half-a-dozen or a dozen years on, others…

— Samuel R. Delany