Quotes About Nonconformity

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

I've had the basic courage and confidence to never follow convention.

The conventional idea of beauty is so boring.

Most people feel like they're out of step, so just have the conviction to go your own way.

I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are cool. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they don't interest me.

Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool.

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

I had my own mind made up in that I was going to do my own thing. I wasn't going to copy from this guy or that guy.

I avoid banks and I've never been in any sort of corporate environment at all.

I am enormously uncool. I've made a cottage industry of being uncool. And I'm fine with that.

Count on me to shine where it doesn't count.

I had my hair down for a long time. I shaved my head, you know, a couple of years ago. And, then, I started to wear my hair short, and I thought that was cool. But, at the same time, I never want to put rules down on me and say, 'OK, I do this for this and this for that.' I just don't like rules. I don't.

I didn't take a lot of crap from people, and I didn't follow the conventional rules of behavior that we're supposed to follow - because if I had, I never would have accomplished what I did.

If we want to wear a jumper and it says something weird on it and everyone says 'what are they wearing,' we don't really give a crap.

The truly creative people tend to be outliers.

Being different is critical.

I'm not reading reviews and critics. I don't care. I guess I'm still a little on my own planet.

I never cross my legs.

I was never part of the crowd.

I will always do what I want to do and I won't go with 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.

When my friends in college had crushes, I used to think something is wrong with them. I just chill out.

I'm a curious human being, and I love things that are a little bit off.