Quotes About Nonconformity

You're against everything that's been done since the last war," said the very up-to-date lady. "You've got the wrong date: I'm against everything that's been done since Adam.

A privilege to live in conflict with one's times. At every moment one is aware one does not think like the others. This state of acute dissimilarity, however indigent or sterile it appears, nonetheless possesses a philosophical status which one would be at a loss to seek in cogitations attuned to events.

Pensa fuori dagli schemi, smonta gli schemi e falli a pezzi

Alfred Jarry] neither wished nor was able to adapt himself to the world as it was. He ignored the conventions of life, and even the conditions of life. He refused to compromise with something for which he felt nothing but scorn, and he accepted with indifference the logical consequences of his attitude—that life should destroy him, and much sooner than most.

It is an abnormal thing to want to be an artist, to practice an art. It is comparatively normal to practice an interpretative art. But to actually make things up is not something that, well, usually runs in families or is the recommendation of a career master.

I should probably apologize for how much I swear, but fuck it. I've read that some people think swearing shows a lack of imagination and a limited vocabulary, but sometimes "darn" and "poop" and "oh heck" just don't cut it. Besides, swearing is kind of fun.

You can't do anything to please anybody or say anything to please them or even dress so they'll be happy and give you a smile.

Then there's me… non-relevant, non-predicable… ass-headed.

I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don't like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I'm always drawn to them; I think it's because I'm attracted to people who aren't in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all.

I hope 'Hellcat' is picked up again in years to come by people who realize just how queer it is: not just in its characters but its sensibility.

I realized I'm not the kind of person who wants to go with the flow and fit in. I'm an agitator, I'm opinionated, I'm a libertine and leader.

I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.

I feel happy working in the low-budget realm, doing stuff that is a little bit more esoteric, and personal.

I don't want to be a reasonable facsimile of anyone.

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

Everyone always asks, 'Did you ever rebel? Did you dye your hair blue? Did you wear black nail polish?' I mean, of course, there have been episodes when you wear weird-colored lipstick... But generally, I think I was pretty much the way I am now.

I don't do anything the same every day. Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

I think it's important to rebel a little bit.

I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.

When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel.

I really rebel against authority.

I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.

The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.

My fans like the rebel in me.