Quotes from Kanye West

I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14.

I will spark a generation of thinkers who will question traditional thought until they find the absolute truth.

The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write.

Any woman that you're in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It's actually easier to focus, in some ways.

Nothing in life is promised except death.

We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom,We buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need them,Things we buy to cover up what's inside.

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it's passed.

Now I can let these dream killers kill my self esteem-or use my arrogance as steam to power my dreams!!!

And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came, in the game, he made his own name

In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

Why everything that's supposed to be bad/Make me feel so good?

George Bush doesn't care about black people, ... They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food...they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us

A lot of pressure for one human being.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.

Themes are important to me, but the beats are what catches someone's ear and makes a record a hit, ... The music is more important than anything. You can have instrumental tracks and people will listen to it. But if you put a really good theme to a bad beat, no one will care about it.

This can't be life.

The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You don't think that I would be one of the characters of today's modern Bible?

I'm going down as a legend, whether you like me or not. I am the new Jim Morrison. I am the new Kurt Cobain.

Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory.

I have, like, nuclear power, like a superhero, like Cyclops when he puts his glasses on.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

The world is our office.

I'm the f*cking end-all, be-all of music.