Walter Becker Quotes

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the black sheep, the maverick, the lone wolf. Those with slow seeing say that a noncomformist is a blight on society. But it has been proven over the centuries, that being different means standing at the edge, that one is practically guaranteed to make an original contribution, a useful and stunning contribution to her culture.

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre.

My eccentricity became direction.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.

I want to be known as a professional weirdo. There aren't many Salvador Dalis or Buckminster Fullers left. If I become popular enough, I can establish the next step for records.

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

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don't become a stereotype.

It's important to be unconventional.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

You have to be unique in your own ways and the ways that you play to find a way to win. You can't always go with the trend that's going on. Sometimes you have to create the trend yourself and be confident in it.

We don't want to do what everyone else does. We want to create trends. We like to think outside of the box.