Quotes About Unconventionality

God is really another artist. He invented the giraffe the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.

Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.

If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.

I simply find it boring to walk around like everybody else. I find it really great to stand out and do something special.

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Don't wait to think out of the box – create your own box.

I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

People think my friend George is weird because he wears sideburns...behind his ears. I think he's weird because he wears false teeth...with braces on them.

Rule number 2 - don't listen to me!" Arriane laughed, "I'm certifiably insane!

There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.

Normal means lack of imagination and creativity.

Follow your own weird.

You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste-it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.

Just remember, when you're with me you're not the strangest person in the room. Go ahead, get weird on me.

All good writers are weird. Proudly weird.

You've always marched to beat of your own drum, and I know you do things in your own time and your own way.

Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.

Joining anything was not my usual thing- by a long shot... I don't know about you, but if 50 million people are doing something, I want to be doing something else- big time.