Quotes About Uniqueness

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

Me and Bianca [Stewart] would go to thrift stores like the Salvation Army. We'd pick up dope stuff no one ever heard of. But we'd put it together in ways that would work and be different.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone.

I do what works best for me, but it might not work for somebody else.

I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.

I'm talkin' about you. Stop pretending you're normal. You're insane. Make that work for you.

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

We [the United States] are not every other country. And models that work elsewhere may not have the same impact here.

I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.

I don't really have a strategy other than to just be myself.

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

My philosophy through all my work, be it on canvas or on the street, is about pushing boundaries and not going with the flow because everyone else is doing something a certain way.

I am more interested in people's attitude than someone who is a perfect face. Every time I walk the streets of London, I see someone who interests me. It doesn't matter how old they are.

I realized that my strength was being different.

Thinking differently is my strength.

It's about sticking to your strengths - I'm not trying to run away from nobody or do any double stopovers or anything like that, have you seen how big these legs are? Though i'm sure people would love to see it.

Sometimes your limitations become your strengths. It forces you to create your own niche.

I'm always trying to make something that is impossible to film. Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do that film can't and play to the strengths of the novel. With a novel, you can get right inside somebody's head.

Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do that film can't and play to the strengths of the novel. With a novel, you can get right inside somebody's head.

Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they do that's special: that thing that keeps them on the roster every year.

Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.

Each city has strengths. Cities should be developed with their own individuality and characteristics.

You can learn from others but you have to be yourself. You can't start out with the idea that you have to copy others, you have to play to your strengths.