Eccentricity Quotes

47 Eccentricity quotes by 41 unique authors

Society doesn't need that everybody is behaving in the full normal way... like people in a Buddhist monastery... But eccentricity may also connect with the… — John Muir
Eccentricity is developed monomania. — Bayard Taylor
I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity... — David Bowie
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. — Robert Frost
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. — Andre Maurois
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so… — John Stuart Mill
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. — George Santayana
Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and… — Edith Sitwell
Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity. — Neil Simon
...Haller's sickness of the soul, as I now know, is not the eccentricity of a single individual, but the sickness of the times themselves, the… — Hermann Hesse
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny… — John Stuart Mill
It doesn't matter if I'm only to be gone four days, as in this case; I take six months' supply of reading material everywhere. Anyone… — Robin McKinley
Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife! — Georgette Heyer
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny… — John Stuart Mill
I pay for what I call eccentricity and my will to evolve. — Daveigh Chase
We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we are… — Teju Cole
Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity. — Yotam Ottolenghi
When I look at my clothes, I think of them as an expression of the joy and fun of fashion - with a bit of… — Suzy Menkes
Minimalism? It is something I appreciate as an art form but leave to others - unless you count a collection of warhorse-workwear Yves Saint Laurent… — Suzy Menkes
If you define eccentricity as creativity, then yes, creativity is eccentricity. — Russell Smith
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to… — John Stuart Mill
Every little eccentricity makes you, YOU! — Sophie Lianne

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