Prodigy Quotes

The most successful people are so original.

If somebody is young and brilliant and imaginative, he will be listened to, even if he is a little unorthodox.

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

I want to work with anybody original.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

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

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.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

I have always been a person who does things differently.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.

I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.

I'm into emulation, not imitation.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

I don't follow trends. I set my own and I go for the extreme.

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.