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Two quotes that go well together. First, from Paul Valéry (p. 144):

I fear the known more than the unknown.

Second, from John Cage (Kostelanetz, p. 211), which I often see quoted without a citation:

I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.

Bibliography

Kostelanetz, Richard. Conversing with John Cage. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2003. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203427033.

Valéry, Paul. Analects. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Collected Works of Paul Valéry, vol. 14. Princeton University Press, 1970.