Haley Joel Osment Quotes

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

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

I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall.

My goal is to be myself, and to challenge stereotypes, and to follow the rules, and break them, and make new rules. It's not about doing something that's already been done. That would be silly.

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.

Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.

I'm an artist. I'm a musician. I'm not someone you can put in a box.

I've always tried to do things a little bit before they were being done by the mainstream. I challenge myself to do that in stand-up also, to talk about things that I'm not hearing anybody talk about onstage and in the media.

I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.

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 found out that total creativity involves a certain intellectual rebellion - not to become a criminal, but somehow. to be totally creating, you have to do things that are a little bit forbidden. You have to feel free, and we know freedom is a hard thing to get.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

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.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

I like to step outside of what people's idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances.

I love doing things that people don't expect.

I like being unconventional.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.