Breaking the rules with grace

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and them breakiing them!  Saying, "It's better this way."  But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.  

                   -Alan Arkin in an interview in New Mexico Magazine, 6/11

This resonated with me when I read it in the hospital waiting room the other day.  I like the image of breaking the rules with grace.  This fits in with my idea of education or learning:  a basic foundation will serve you well as a platform for creating.  It probably is my platform for learning, why I want the facts and procedures first, before I run with it and create my own learning.

Michael sometimes makes fun of me for being so concerned about the rules and the "right way" of doing things.  I guess I'd just like to do everything with grace!