Alexis Ren Quotes

I just like playing with makeup and clothes - so I really don't feel like there are rules, and if there are rules, then I think it's up to you to break them.

The wonderful thing about being an artist in L.A. is that there is no taste. There's anarchy of taste, which seems good to me.

I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music.

There's always somebody telling you what you're not supposed to like. But that's not the way I grew up.

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

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.

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.

I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should be what they want to be, and you shouldn't have to look a certain way in order to fit this mold or that mold.

I like art. It's another way to rebel.

I'm part of a generation that's saying, 'I don't want to do just one thing, and I'm going to do things the way I want.'

People often say, 'You don't go to fashion shows? What kind of photographer are you? What the hell is the wrong with you, man?' But that's what I need in order to be who I am.

I just don't like people to be dictated to. I think you should dress however you want.

Purple has always been my favorite color... but purple, when I was a little kid, was a color that boys weren't really allowed to wear. That's what all the kids at school told me. I filled my wardrobe with as much purple as I could possibly find, because who cares? Life's too short to dress by other people's rules.

Some artists say 'Don't categorize me.' I'm saying 'You can't categorize me.'

I want to wear something because I love it, not because it follows the rules.

To discover the mode of life or of art whereby my spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.

I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.

I will give a proof to demonstrate with facts that there are no rules in painting and that oppression or servile obligation of making all study or follow the same path is a great impediment for the young who profess this very difficult art.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?