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  • Isn't art about breaking rules, about challenging existing systems, isn't it about discovering meaning in things or situations before others see anything in them??

  • Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

    Freedom   Stupid   Mind  
    Henry David Thoreau, Richard Dillman (1987). “Thoreau's comments on the art of writing”
  • Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

    Neil Gaiman's Commencement Address at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.uarts.edu. May 17, 2012.
  • Remember: Life is short, break the rules

  • It is impossible to be a maverick or a true original if you're too well behaved and don't want to break the rules. You have to think outside the box. That's what I believe. After all, what is the point of being on this earth if all you want to do is be liked by everyone and avoid trouble?

    Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commencement Address at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, about.usc.edu. May 15, 2009.
  • There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

    "The Everlasting Man". Book by G. K. Chesterton, V: Man and Mythologies, 1925.
  • I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.

    Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”, p.73, Hachette UK
  • If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

    Funny   Hater   Witty  
  • There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse the public trust, you will go to prison.

    Trust   Government   Law  
  • The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the rules.

  • It ought to be the first endeavour of a writer to distinguish nature from custom; or that which is established because it is right, from that which is right only because it is established; that he may neither violate essential principles by a desire of novelty, nor debar himself from the attainment of beauties within his view, by a needless fear of breaking rules which no literary dictator had authority to enact.

    Writing   Views   Desire  
    Samuel Johnson, Peter Martin (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.197, Harvard University Press
  • Many of our students want to do what they have done and that has made them successful thus far in their lives: play by the rules, and do what is expected. But as much social science research and writing by Malcolm Gladwell, among others, make clear, the rules are mostly created by those already in power so obtaining power often entails standing out and breaking rules and social conventions.

    Source: bobmorris.biz
  • Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

  • If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules

  • To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.

  • Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

  • I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.

    "INTERVIEW: Lev Grossman on Writing ‘The Magician King’, Narnia and the Line Between SF and Fantasy". Interview with Andrew Liptak, www.sfsignal.com. August 17, 2011.
  • Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself

  • Dancing insists we take up space, and though it has no set direction, we go there together. Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, and contagious and it breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere, at anytime, with anyone and everyone, and it's free. Dance joins us and pushes us to go further and that is why it's at the center of ONE BILLION RISING.

  • Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There are two ways to be your own Savior and Lord. One is by breaking all the moral laws and setting your own course, and one is by keeping all the moral laws and being very, very good.

    God   Religious   Law  
    Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.16, Penguin
  • Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest.

    Cat   Self   Naked  
    Camille Paglia (1990). “Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson”, Vintage
  • 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.

  • Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.

    Photography   Art   Japan  
  • Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch films that stimulate your writing. In your writing, go where the pain is; go where the pleasure is; go where the excitement is. Believe in your own original approach, voice, characters, story. Ignore critics. Have nerve. Be stubborn.

    Pain   Book   Believe  
    FaceBook post by Anne Rice from Aug 22, 2014
  • It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.

  • Life is good, life is great. Always love and never hate. Break the rules, stand apart. Ignore your head and follow your heart.

    Good Life   Hate   Heart  
  • Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

  • I do like artfully breaking rules.

    "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.
  • If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

    Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf
  • The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

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