Quotes About Individuality

The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does

In 'life,' I don't want to be reduced to my work. In 'work,' I don't want to be reduced to my life.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

If the work jells a little bit in terms of being placed in the oeuvre, I don't care - as long as it works.

Probably one of the reasons I don't work in the mainstream anymore is that I'm only interested in making the stuff I want to make

I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.

The only way we'll ever know what it's like to be you is if you work your best at being you as often as you can, and keep reminding yourself: That's where home is.

Just be true to you. What works for me might not work for someone else and what works for someone else might not work for me.

What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you.

You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.

God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each.

I will work in my own way, according to the light that is in me.

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.

I want to work beyond external aggressions, forget that one has something to do for others if it's not for oneself.

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Be yourself. If something you do doesn't work, don't do it the next time. Listen to yourself - you know what appropriate behavior is.

So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.

My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it.

I thought I should work more on the idea that you wear a suit or a jacket because of the fun it can provide, because it's a game, because it might even have a sexual quality.