Rico Nasty Quotes

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?

What I don't like is when people feel like they can box an artist into who they think an artist should be.

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.

Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.

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

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

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

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

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.

I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that.

I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't make art by consensus.

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

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.

People classify things and that's fair enough. But if somebody wants to make something different, that doesn't make them any less of an artist.

I don't want to have any category stamped on my face.

You can filter certain stuff - it depends what artist you are - but you're never going to be true to yourself if you're worried about what other people think.

I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.

All art is based on non-conformity.

The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.

You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever.

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.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.