Quotes About Nonconformity

But I do not fit well into any social mold whatsoever. That is not appealing to others.

I don't do my work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ass and light up my life.

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever.

I don't wear ties to work. And I don't shave.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

I don't do any corporate work.

The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are innovative, who work without a map.

I'm a free soul who hates paying attention to things I am not interested in. Consequently, I have rarely been comfortable in the role of 'employee.'

I do not want my new works to be generated in a market or audience of any kind.

I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy. Besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.

The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up.

I wear anything I feel like. If I want to put on a pair of Converse with a pencil stuck through them, I will.

I'm queer - and queer, to me, is not being stuck in a binary and being kind of fluid.

If I want to put on a pair of Converse with a pencil stuck through them, I will.

I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.

I think, my entire life, I was a bit different. And I didn't think I was different; I just kinda always stuck out.

I'm sort of stuck in adolescence in many ways, like most artists, and march to my own beat.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

I'll be honest; I'm a student of fashion. I say that because I just wear what I feel. I'm not led by name brands and things like that.

At the Harvard Business School, I really felt I had gained the ability to resolve difficult issues. But I also felt that I wasn't in the mainstream with my fellow students. During job-hunting season, for example, everybody shaved their beards for interviews. I thought, 'This is crazy.' So I grew a beard.

I went to art school in the days when it was what you did if you didn't want to be like everybody else. You wanted to be strange and different, and art school encouraged that. We hated the drama students - they were guys with pipes and cardigans.