Quotes About Individuality

Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doing is.

I love having played Walter because I suppose any actor brings a certain aspect of their own personality to their work, and I had a fairly broad canvas to paint on with the different versions.

I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting.

I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.

I think we're in a time and place, the last 20 plus years, and certainly now, it's only more so, where it's just about us creating a body of work. Creating hopefully our own scene.

I've never been happy doing stock work; I've never been happy thinking that I haven't changed something.

The more I work in fashion, the less I dress up. The first pair of jeans I made was for my own body-my "strange body," as I call it.

I never chased after any particular school, never really had mentors; I really just did the work that was true to me.

Nobody's going to like my next movie because they liked Trainwreck [2015]. It has to work on its own, and that keeps it really scary.

Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist.

I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.

What I like about eyewear is that it can work with a lot of different looks. You can wear it with a Balenciaga dress, or something that is straight and very quirky.

Art can be close to the bone, but we are not our work. Try not to identify your core ego with your art.

I have moments of weakness, but mostly I brush the criticism off... Who cares if I'm not a size zero? I don't want to be. I love my body; I'm healthy, I work out.

I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.

Recently some work I made could be seen as feminist art or work that relates to the body. That's just what I'm feeling - like it needs to be done.

It's important to work out & be the best version of yourself that you can be but never feel like you have to be the skinniest girl in the room to be the prettiest.

I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever.

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!

I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.

Advice for young people who want to channel their personality into creative work - be authentic.

Steve [Jobs] is unique. There aren't many clients that are like that. You have one guy that you really work for. That's very rare.

When I don't have to be at work, I want to be the real me - the comfortable me!

I want an identity outside of my work.