Learn the rules so you can break them. Find an edge and push on it. Plant something off the map; not so far off the map that no one knows where you are, but just outside the boundaries.

In a way, “the rules don’t apply” is a great approach to creativity.

However, “the rules don’t apply to me” is not the same. “The rules don’t apply to me” creates a hierarchy where we’re playing the same game, but I don’t have the same set of constraints as you. And it’s usually not fair.

The way we break rules shows whether we’re acting as artists or elitists.