Quotes About Nonconformity

Me dicas vriardâ de jorpoy, bus ne sino braco. (proverbe bohémien: Je suis habillée de laine, mais je ne suis pas mouton.)

Do not take roads traveled by the public.

miguelito] Qué seré grande yo cuando sea grande, no sé. Lo que sí sé es que no seré uno más del montón. Eso sé! [mafalda] Otro más que engrosa el montón de los que no quieren ser uno más del montón!

The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.

There is none more conformist than one who flaunts his individuality.

I thought every person should live for art, not just me, and furthermore, why would I want to be normal? Why would I want to be stupid like everyone else?

Henri Matisse once said, "It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

I'm not conventional. I try to be raw and vulnerable and gross.

Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else - and must not a waiter be a little less than a waiter to be a good Bohemian?

Jay-Z has kind of shown that you can get to the very top without waiting, without following rules. In fact, it's better if you don't. People will admire you more if you break the rules.

I like men who are very cool but who are also so brilliant that they are almost insane. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits - men who would be flipping burgers if they hadn't found an outlet for their brilliant mind-sets.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

The one thing about my life that's different from others is that I wake up for no one, and for some reason, that's just good for your creativity.

I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.

I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way.

I've never been a popular person, but it doesn't matter. I have everything in my life that I want. I'm not a walking publicity stunt. I'm not an anarchist, or bitter. I'm not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, and I feel comfortable that way.

Everything I do is unfabulous. I'm the most normal person. I love walking everywhere and going to hole-in-the-wall places, like nail shops, because they do the best job. And I go to vintage stores rather than high-end boutiques, because I like to dress different from other people.

I don't allow anybody to change me. I still walk outta my house in rollers and I take walks. I do not care what people think.

Mushy novels, pretty pictures, pretty sculpture, decorations on the wall, nice parallel lines - make me sick.

You would be better off in exile than priding yourself on be like everyone else.

I'm not such a big fan of having a linear answer to things.

I'm not a big fan of people telling each other what to do, I'll say that.

I'm still wearing Doc Martens. I'm sure that you can have a baby and wear Doc Martens, but... Maybe I'll be the first person to give birth in Doc Martens!