Original artwork, not a still
If you don’t know it’s impossible it’s easier to do. And because nobody’s done it before, they haven’t made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.
— Address to the University of the Arts Class of 2012
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Not knowing something is supposed to be impossible frees a person to attempt it, the speaker suggests. Being first also carries an advantage: since no one has done it before, nobody has yet invented prohibitions against it. Ignorance and novelty briefly leave the way open.
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