I trust contrariness. ... I simply rebelled at being commanded.

I am thinking, therefore I exist.

i rebel by loving more

The longer I live, the more I rebel. I'm not going to give in; I want to conquer the world!

I am, I exist.

Just being yourself, being who you are and what you are is successful rebellion.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

I had the strength to rebel, but I did not have the strength to let go.

When I use the word rebel for the artist, I do not refer to revolutionary or to such things as taking over the dean’s office; that is a different matter. Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared by any coercive society. For they are the bearers of the human being’s age-old capacity to be insurgent.

I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason

When people attempt to rebel against the iron logic of Nature, they come into conflict with the very same principles to which they owe their existence as human beings. Their actions against Nature must lead to their own downfall.

Hey hey hey
I was born a rebel
Down in Dixie on a Sunday morning
Yeah, with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel, born a rebel

Since I doubt, I think; since I think, I exist.

Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.