Dizzee Rascal Quotes

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

No age is compelled to take its beauty from preceding epochs.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

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

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

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different.

My early experiences in animation taught me that following someone else is not a great idea.

They're never gonna not put you in a box. It's something that they have to do, because nine times out of 10 people don't understand creativity.

I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it's pop or noise or whatever, it's always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It's not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that's fine.

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.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

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

You have to support people who want to do weird, different, fun stuff. Otherwise, it'll get very homogenous.

I'm sure people would argue this, but I want to be different in everything I do. I don't think I've been the same in anything I've done, and I want to keep that up.

I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

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

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.