Cecil Beaton Quotes

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.

I dared to be different, I want to inspire others to do the same.

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.

You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

The educator should do anything but advise the child to do what everybody does. He should rather rejoice when he sees in the child tendencies to deviation.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

To be great is to be misunderstood.