Creativity Quote by Bjork

There’s a sly, almost weary laugh baked into Bjork’s framing: “funny” doesn’t mean amusing so much as absurdly predictable. Coming from an artist who’s lived through multiple waves of counterculture, the line punctures the romantic story that youth movements “win” history just by being louder, weirder, or more morally certain. Hippies and punks aren’t just scenes here; they’re shorthand for two classic strategies of rebellion - one utopian, one nihilistic - both convinced the old order is on the verge of collapse. Bjork’s point is that the old order is built to survive collapses.

The subtext isn’t “conservatives are better,” it’s that conservatism is structurally advantaged. Institutions, money, policing, property, media narratives, and simple demographic time all bend toward restoring norms. Countercultures burn hot, then get outlasted, bought, or rebranded. The hippie becomes a lifestyle industry; punk gets turned into fashion and festival slots. Even their aesthetics can be absorbed without their politics.

What makes the quote work is its refusal to flatter rebellion. It’s not a rallying cry; it’s a diagnosis. Bjork, a pop figure with an experimental spine, is implicitly asking what happens after the thrilling moment of rupture: who governs, who owns, who writes the rules when the guitars stop? The line lands as a warning to anyone who mistakes cultural visibility for power - and as a dare to imagine forms of change that can’t be so easily metabolized.