Non Conformity Quotes

104 quotes by 86 authors

Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the… — Learned Hand
One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism. — Louis Kronenberger
When I am told I am too old to do something, I try to do it right away. — Pablo Picasso
All my work keeps going like a pendulum; it seems to swing back to something I was involved with earlier, or it moves between horizontality… — Lee Krasner
Whenever I'm asked to identify my best work, or my favorite, my answer has always been the same - 'My next one!' — Ken Danby
Becoming is superior to being. — Paul Klee
I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of… — Raoul Dufy
As an artist, it is central to be unsatisfied. — Lawrence Calcagno
One must never forbid oneself anything. One must also be able to go back, one must always be able to change... — Hans Hartung
The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist. — Henry Steele Commager
Nobody in this world was born to be the same as anyone else. Turning people into robots, especially children, is a crime against nature itself. — Jenna Miscavige Hill
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons,… — Andrew Solomon
"What the hell'd you let them break your spirit for?" You know, their lives ran in circles so small. Ah, they thought they'd seen it… — Michelle Shocked
There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing… — Alexandra Robbins
In Western society, and particularly in American society, imagination is stulified from infancy. The imaginative child is discouraged and upbraided. He is told that the… — Philip Wylie
Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot to arrive. — David Whitehouse
Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight… — Tom Waits
Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be… — Ambrose Bierce
What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face.… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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