Olivier Theyskens Quotes

Do the things that make perfect sense to you, [and] don't be afraid to shout it from the mountain tops just because it's outside the box or against the grain in your industry. More often than not, you're probably going to be right.

... maybe that's all anyone who writes or paints or sculpts is doing anyway -- excusing themselves for refusing to live like other people or be like them.

I don't ever want to stick myself in one category. I do really love making movies, but the thing about live performances is you don't have to wait around. Literally, we're still waiting to see what the reaction is to the film, so it's a slower process. But it is enjoyable.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.

When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.

We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique. You have to think, 'I'm me. I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.

I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.

I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.

If you define eccentricity as creativity, then yes, creativity is eccentricity.

I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there.

Both my fathers are unconventional. They are like unicorns or wizards. They are musicians through and through. The way they think is just different.

My route is a little bit nontraditional. A lot of the people working in Nashville, they have a model. I don't really fit into that.

All my close friends are non-conformist. To say 'misfits' sounds bad, but there is something positive about being a little on the outside - it gives you an interesting perspective on things - and I think that's something Robyn and I share.

No one told us what to wear, what to write, what to play. When they tried to, we shot 'em down easily.

I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.

I'm very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I'm an artist. I don't try to revolt against anybody, and I don't try to please anybody. I feel very strongly that I if love it, someone else will love it - not everybody, though.

I'm a creative person, and I'm gonna be creative, so whoever's upset because of that, that's too bad.

I just try to go outside the box. In fact, I go outside the box so much I go... 'What box!'

I march to a different drummer, whose location, identity, and musical training haven't yet been established.