visionary quotes

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

I know Elon, we’re very like minded in many ways. We’re not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it’s one thing. He’s singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don’t find that Plan B idea motivating. I don’t want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. But you can go from acting to being a TV personality to being a radio personality to being a writer to being a producer, to just being a visionary, to voiceover work.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side.

I’m often accused of being ahead of my time, but it’s simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.

Generally, a writer of force is anywhere from 20 years to 200 years ahead of his generation.