Michael Jackson Quotes

An artist, to achieve anything in art, has to finally do the thing that nobody else wants to do and nobody else has thought to do.

Imitation is for shirkers, like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers, unifying for the creators.

I don't think my work is so strange. It's just a matter of having the discipline to go the whole way with an idea, to stretch it as far as it can go.

Creativity is an act of defiance.

I am an artist who's just tryin' to do something different, and basically not caring about everybody's opinions and wanting to follow what everybody else is doing. At the same time, I know when to be serious, but I know when to joke.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

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.

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

If you're not allowed to experiment anymore for fear of being considered self-indulgent or pretentious or what have you, then everyone's going to just stick to the rules - there's not going to be any additional ideas.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

When everyone zigs, zag. Life is all about trying to get somewhere first.

Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.

I always want to do something groundbreaking, something different. I think that's what it's always about. If you have the means to do it, why not?

I knew naturally as a child not to forfeit my creativity to a world that's all laid out for me. I'll look at everything around me and vow to keep in mind that alla this is just someone's idea. It could have just as well been mine.

The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent.

I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that's too bad.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?