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> [Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/creativity-means-learning-where-the-rules-exist-and-then-breaking/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/alan-arkin-5379_break_creativity-means-learning-where-the-rule_58763.jpg)

## More by Alan Arkin

> [I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-believe-in-competitions-between-artists-this-is-insane-who/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [If I'm going to make a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/if-i-m-going-to-make-a-fake-movie-it-s-going-to-be-a-fake-hit/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-mind-watching-plays-once-in-a-while-but-as-long-as-i-don-t/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-had-a-hard-time-treating-my-field-as-if-it-s-horse-racing-putting/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/creativity-means-learning-where-the-rules-exist-and-then-breaking/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [Things have got to add up to 100 points. The script is part of it, the character is part of it, the people I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/things-have-got-to-add-up-to-100-points-the-script-is-part-of-it-the/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I've learned how to be gracious about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-sense-that-i-am-someone-s-hero-though-i-m-happy-when-people/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [It's - everybody's looking at the bottom line all the time, and failure doesn't look good on the bottom line, and yet you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/it-s-everybody-s-looking-at-the-bottom-line-all-the-time-and-failure/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/that-s-the-privilege-of-old-age-you-don-t-have-to-remember/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/every-physicist-knows-that-things-connect-with-each-other-to-isolate/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [I don't know why we have to put things in boxes of superlatives. That isolates them. Life is fluid, and the minute you start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-know-why-we-have-to-put-things-in-boxes-of-superlatives-that/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/people-think-that-the-people-in-hollywood-have-some-master-plan-they/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-m-very-old-i-haven-t-got-time-to-be-charming/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I can find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-m-an-actor-my-life-as-an-actor-depends-on-who-sends-me-what-i-m/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

> [Education does not mean jamming information into somebody's head. Rather, it's that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/education-does-not-mean-jamming-information-into-somebody-s-head/)

[Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/)

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