Conventions Quote by Jane Rule

You don't want to move toward some utopian literary situation where everybody's free of all conventions. That's ridiculous! Conventions are what you need. You…

— Lev Grossman

“As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.”

— Steve Krug

I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over.

— Thom Browne

Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations.

— Freya Stark

I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.

— Roy Lichtenstein

Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage…

— Steven Pinker

Convention is another name for the habits of society.

— Rosamond Lehmann

All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better.

— Jeremy Bulloch

Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works.

— Stewart Brand

I really do the conventions now for two reasons.

— Rene Auberjonois

You don't have to follow anybody's conventions.

— James Frey

Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without!.

— Anonymous