“To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to eat with proper table manners and all that stuff, to the point of rebellion. But I couldn't have rebelled from it if I didn't know it.”
Understanding the conventions of good taste gives you the freedom to subvert them intentionally, turning rebellion into a conscious artistic choice.
In simple terms: Know the rules before you break them.
Rule mastery enables purposeful subversion.
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Breaking rules without understanding them can appear random rather than meaningful.
