Jeremy Scott Quotes

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.

All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it.

There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it!

If anyone ever tells me something doesn't go together, it makes me want to try it.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

'The Sound Of Silence' taught us that we shouldn't be afraid of pushing the boundaries.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I like to be against the odds.

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.

I want to do everything I can possibly do to step outside the box.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

Audacity is central to everything I do. A lot of times I think my work is about just seeing if I can get away with it.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

I am a leader, so leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

I like pushing boundaries.

I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.

Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.

When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element.

As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

I guess I much prefer the path of the contrarian: the guy who goes against the grain a bit. The careers of the people who I admire deeply - like the Coen brothers and Soderbergh - don't repeat themselves, and they make radically different films at times, and I think that's wonderful.