Rickie Lee Jones Quotes

The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.

What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents.

You know, how much order is good? And when does order become too restrictive? Is a little bit of chaos okay, or is chaos always an evil force? I mean, these are questions that any kid who's ever been in a school cafeteria can relate to.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.

Creativity seldom thrives in an atmosphere of great discipline or scrutiny. That's one reason we tend not to want our leaders to get too creative.

Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.

Being vital means knowing the rules and being brave enough to break them.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Scientists who play by someone else's rules don't have much chance of making discoveries.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

My worst work happens when I get obedient.

The American people ... have a stake in con-conformity, for they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

I don't like rules, because rules, you have to follow.

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle.

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.

What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. “It’d take all the fun out of life.

You've got to know the rules to break them.