Brian Eno Quotes

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.

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

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I wore ripped jeans and headbands before people wore that. I've been this guy ever since.

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

The real trendsetters are the ones who rebel. Those are the ones who everyone in fashion eventually follows.

It's what's missing, I think, from most music - the rebellious part. That rebelliousness is part of great rock music or great literature or any great creative stuff.

The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

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

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I think I always had, like, a rebellious spirit. But it wasn't a rebellious spirit to do wrong. It was a rebellious spirit to do something different.

I feel like I wanted to run differently than everybody else did. And I want to do things that everybody else hasn't done.

Obvious is not my forte. I take a left turn right when everybody thinks I'm going to go straight.

I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that's too bad.

To create is to resist; to resist is to create.

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

The most successful people are so original.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

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