Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test the boundaries, certainly, and break one or two of my own. Some people are mystified by it, but not me.

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.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

I like being unconventional.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in; know the rules, and break them.

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.

The little mind who loves itself, will wr'te and think with the vulgar; but the great mind will be bravely eccentric, and scorn the beaten road, from universal benevolence.

I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.

A creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

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 like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out and not following the trend, which I'm totally against.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

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

I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

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

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.