Quotes about Nonconformity

Yes, but I still resent the usual order. I will not let myself be made yet to accept the sequence of things. I will walk; I will not change the rhythm of my mind by stopping, by looking; I will walk.

I am not at all respectable, and I don't want to be. Odd perhaps, but so it is!

Every woman is a rebel.

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out.

Stand up for the Crazy and Stupid

I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work.

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.

Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.

As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.