Quotes About Originality

Being different is critical.

I don't make clothes for the critics.

For our first album, we were our own dressers. We didn't have no stylists. We came up with all of the ideas when it came to dressing. At that time, Cross Colours and Jabos were really popular, so we were able to get stuff from them, but we always added accessories.

We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.

I've always found a way to stand out from the crowd.

Chloe Sevigny always dresses appropriately but doesn't blend in with the crowd.

I like that I can stand out from the crowd.

I'm not the new Penelope Cruz. I'm Paz Vega. There's only one Penelope and she's marvellous.

I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.

I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't feel natural or true to who I am.

I'll never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.

I hate the idea of having to conform with what's current and what sounds good on radio at the moment.

Imagine if somebody was like, 'Who's the next Timothee Chalamet?' It's like, he's currently Timothee Chalamet.

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a curse.

I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.

My curves are not crazy.

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

Audiences are embracing more and more unique material. I think they can sense the cynicism when people are just cranking something out to try to ride off the success of something else. I think they can feel it.

As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it if they don't.

I dance to the beat of a different drummer.

You should make something. You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that.'

My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I'm 70 or if I'm 20? The audience knows they aren't getting any old stories from me.

I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.

I always wanted to bring something new to the table, and make clothes for women where they feel beautiful.