Carl Andre Quotes

It's not an act. I love it. It's totally original. People go, 'What's going on with this guy? Why does he sound so weird? What is going on in his brain. I don't know. Just one day I suddenly woke up with a new brain.

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.

If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out.

Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

That's that Dungeon Family ethos: being able to reinvent yourself, stand out and stand alone. Having your own character and having your own image, no matter what they say about you. I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, my melodies. It's something different.

You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons.

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone - everyone has their own voice; if they would just write from a vulnerable embarrassing place, it's going to be universal, and it's going to be entertaining. Because everyone is the same, and everyone is unique.

You want everybody to like your work, but when you look at what's fashionable or trendy, it's pretty obvious that I don't exactly fit.

I feel like the biggest key to longevity is maintaining what's special about yourself but always presenting it in a new way. That way, people can never get tired of you.

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.

Just do something that makes you stand out. Even if not everyone likes it, just do it.

Bryan [Cranston] created something completely unique, that was earned by its authenticity. That's what gave us the license to push it a bit.

There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original.

Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.

A too-expected image (cliché) will never seem right, even if it is.

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.

It is not so hard to be original, what is hard, is to be original with continuity.

If you want to be different, do something different.

The words "genius" and "genuine" derive from the same root. The core of genius is authenticity.

You don't want it to be a replica or an imitation. You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.

I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.

When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.