Zoe Quinn Quotes

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

When you start out on a career in the arts you have no idea what you are doing. This is great. People who know what they are doing know the rules, and know what is possible and impossible. You do not. And you should not. The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made by people who had not tested the bounds of the possible by going beyond them. And you can. If you don't know it's impossible it's easier to do. And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.

I want to entertain, but I also want to push the barriers beyond what kids are conditioned into accepting.

I guess I much prefer the path of the contrarian: the guy who goes against the grain a bit. The careers of the people who I admire deeply - like the Coen brothers and Soderbergh - don't repeat themselves, and they make radically different films at times, and I think that's wonderful.

There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.

All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it.

Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.

I wanted to go so I could learn the rules and conventions in order to break them later on.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.

We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an artist's purpose - to break away from the recycled. Performance art can do that.

Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.

Redeeming subjects from cliche is its own pleasure and privilege.

As a creator, I always want to betray fans' expectations.

I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I'm not doing my job properly.