Quotes: E. W. Wainwright

"A mistake is the most beautiful thing in the world. It is the only way you can get to some place you've never been before. I try to make as many as I can. Making a mistake is the only way you can grow." 

–– Eccleston W. Wainwright, African-American jazz drummer 

Source: conversation with Nathaniel Klemp, 2001 

via: Sketchbook 15, 2011, p. 93

Quotes 355: John Cage

"What I really believe, is perfectly clear by my actions. Since a mistake is beside the point, an error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a conception to actuality."

–– John Cage (1912-1992), American composer, writer and artist

via Sketchbook 10, 2010, p. 136 

Quotes 277: Albert Einstein

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." 

–– Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 139