Mark Cuban Quotes

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

The people that were most interesting were always questioning the status quo.

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.

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.

If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

Be skeptical, question authority, be a rebel. Do not conform and don’t be ordinary. Remember, all human progress is the result of far-sighted people challenging orthodoxy, tradition and rich, powerful, vested interests.

Innovation never comes from the established institutions.

I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

Everyone talks about, 'Get your foot in the door,' but I never understood that mentality. Why would I want to go in that house? Why not build my own house? Why not take a chair and smash a window?

I love the idea of challenging what the standards is.

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

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

To create is to resist; to resist is to create.

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

Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.