“Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works.”
“As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.”
“Conventional Wisdom" is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today.”
“Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.”
“Adultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional.”
“I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despite the conventional in anything, even the arts. I paint canvasses on the floor and drove one art teacher out of his mind. But that's just the way I paint best.”