Margery Allingham Quotes

Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit.

It's kind of tough to get noticed. Sure, I can kick my leg over my head, but how do I get noticed?

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

I think I've benefited from not being hugely known. It means I have to do something really effective to be noticed.

It seems like when you're in the race, they do everything they can to ignore you, so maybe being out of the race [I] might get a little more attention, we'll see.

So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual - and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.

If you're not controversial, you'll never break through the din of all the commentary.

I just never wanted to be too much in the background. I always wanted to be a part of things.

I not only get recognized - I get recognized from behind.

Flamboyance causes people to notice you—particularly press people.

I think sometimes when you want attention, you can wear sunglasses, and people are like, 'Who is that?'

You have to make bold choices to be noticed.

I can never be anonymous - especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?

I prefer to be noticed some day, first for my ideas and second for my good eye.

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.

I can generate attention quickly.

I didn't really come from money. So I wanted my thesis show to grab as much attention as possible.

If we didn't get the record, we didn't exist.

Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

I wanted to be heard, not seen. That's how it all started.

I wanted to make a name for myself.

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.