Walter Isaacson Quotes

I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing.

I'm part of the fashion system, but I don't want to follow all the rules. I don't want to be contrarian - I just want to do my own things, which are most honest and correct to do.

I like being unconventional.

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

I don't like rules of any kind. And I seek people who break rules with happiness - and not bringing pain to themselves.

I am very into making up my own rules.

I am not a conformist.

I don't like doing what people would expect of me.

If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.

I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist … Well, a show-off anyway.

I didn't follow any rules at all. I made my own.

I don't follow the rules. That's kind of how I do everything.

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.

I definitely didn't fit in perfectly to the school system. I was raised with such freedom of speech and thinking.

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 refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience.

It's like, you can't have any fun, and if you do have fun, if you do your own thing, you're considered crazy and should be in a mental institution. Now, that's what I find creepy. I'm eccentric. I am not messed up.

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.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

If there's anything I think that you've seen about me, it's that I'm the rebellious girl.