Quotes About Nonconformity

I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or Guy Maddin or Peter Weir who are considered not mainstream directors and that could be because they are like my dad. They are pioneers, and pioneers, by definition, invent something new.

I wouldn't say I'm a rebel, but I do like pushing the limits sometimes.

As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.

I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.

I don't think a song should be put in a category.

I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline.

I am not the sort of person to carry beautiful flowers and be an ornament to everyone.

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

I want to be the biggest thing that's out because I'm different from everybody. I don't sound like nobody.

Soundgarden are kind of the masters of writing songs that aren't pop cliches.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be like, 'Yo, that dude Benny was different.' Even if it sounds awful, at least they can't say, 'Oh well, I've heard that before.'

I am conscious of that when I make these games: I try to make a game that has beautiful open spaces, gaps, room for players to enjoy it in ways that were not authored. I never want it to be where you have to follow the rules completely, where you have to do things exactly as the designers intended.

When you feel as if you should conform and be like everyone else....Remember that you were born to stand out and be your uniquely beautiful and talented self.

I never needed the Society, " she says, "to Match me." (-Lei)

Nona I don't think your allowed to smoke in here.Nona exhaled a large cloud of smoke.Nona keeps their lights on. A little smoke won't hurt them.

There is nothing wrong being different. Being peculiar actually makes you stand out from others.

If I had some of Jesus' tools, I'd build a big house that has no rules. And a bed that's big enough for 13 babies, and me & Miss Olivia Brown.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

you can deliver your soul from most of the narrow restrictions that bind the majority of your fellow men. Do not give your time and strength to the support of obsolete institutions, religious or otherwise; do not be bound by creeds in which you do not believe. Be free.

If you hear a prominent economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

Contra the prevailing belief, success isn't being on top of a hierarchy, it is standing outside all hierarchies.

you have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits