Neil Gaiman Quotes

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.

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.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

Making art is nothing but risk, always. If it's not risk, it's no good.

Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

One of the things with the second record, a word I held close to my chest was 'brave.' To take chances to go outside the box and explore. To continue to toss off any expectation that our fans or anyone else might have of us, to just tap into who I am as a writer and artist and really just operate within that freedom of creation.

I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.

It's just about pushing yourself to realms that are uncharted. I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing, I don't know if it's any good, I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line. Not just a creative fantasy world or something like that, but a mood too.

Art isn't about following the rules. It's about breaking them.

You're encouraged to do the same kind of movies. But I would like to keep doing different things.

Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive.

All art is based on non-conformity.

Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

You cannot play for safety and make art.

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

In art, anything goes, and if it goes, it goes.

I take chances. I don't limit myself. I don't think anybody who listens to Boston would have predicted hearing a female rapper on the beginning of the song 'Sail Away.' But that's what fit.