Paul Gauguin Quotes

Follow no path. Make your own.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

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 must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

I always wanted to beat my own path.

We went and made our own scene and did our own thing.

Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.

Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in; know the rules, and break them.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

No man was ever great by imitation.

I just like doing things from my own head.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

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

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

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've always had a love for making things my own.

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.

I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better.

People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.

It's nice to create something you believe in. It's even nicer to dance to your own tunes sometimes.