Henry Miller Quotes

I don't like rules of any kind. And I seek people who break rules with happiness - and not bringing pain to themselves.

My parents were lovers of books, and they raised us in a manner that viewed freedom and subversion as indispensable.

As for being responsible or irresponsible, we don't recognize those notions, they're for policemen and courtroom psychiatrists.

No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction -- toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat.

By no means. I have just given you my serious and well-considered profession of faith. Although a firm friend of order, I am (in the full force of the term) an anarchist. Listen to me.

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

Freedom can occur only through education.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.

I really rebel against authority.

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

I'm that weird guy; I hate being told what to do.

I was never a good student. I had to be dragged into kindergarten. It was hard to sit and listen to somebody talk. I wanted to be out, educated by experience and adventure, and I didn't know how to express that.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.

Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.

Many a boomerang does not return but chooses freedom instead.

A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.