Rob Brown Quotes

Good taste is the enemy of creativity.

Creativity is not and never has been sensible.

Tradition is the great misleader because it's too easy to follow what has already been done - even though you may think you're giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.

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 is an act of defiance.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

The idea is to take it a step forward and innovate. Or else why am I doing it? I don't want to be just another can in the assembly line. I want to create - do something that is totally different and unusual.

I think one of the things about creativity is not to be afraid of saying the wrong thing.

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

Every film has to be the next something else; originality isn't celebrated because you can't market it.

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

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

Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.

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.

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.

I love to be creative.

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.