Following Rules

When subject matter is

When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches. Edward Weston

Rules are mostly made

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind. Douglas MacArthur

We seem to believe

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming. Don DeLillo

If Christ be a

If Christ be a fraud, he was among the most peculiar yet brilliant of frauds in saying that only he was the way, the truth, and the life. This is the importance of grace – some people think that simply being nice and not harming others is morality; others think that following rules and tithing … Read more

Normal and I parted

Normal and I parted ways when Pateir1ch strolled into my life. Patch has seven inches on me, operates on cold, hard logic, moves like smoke, and lives alone in a supersecret, superswanky studio beneath Delphic Amusement Park. The sound of his voice, low and sexy, can melt my heart in three seconds flat. He’s also … Read more

You’re brainwashed in the

You’re brainwashed in the West with equal temperament, so it’s quite hard for people who like following rules to get outside of that and see what you can do. But for me it’s easy because I don’t work like that. I work intuitively. Aphex Twin

You get the idea.

You get the idea. Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You … Read more

You don’t learn to

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. Richard Branson

This result could have

This result could have been achieved either by his [God] endowing my intellect with a clear and distinct perception of everything about which I would ever deliberate, or simply by impressing the following rule so firmly upon my memory that I could never forget it: I should never judge anything that I do not clearly and distinctly understand.
Rene Descartes