Quotes About Individuality

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.

To be alone is to be free, and freedom was the only happiness accessible to my nature.

Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that; they wanted to safeguard their freedom.

Religion can be condensed in a single phrase: total freedom to be oneself.

Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.

Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being.

What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior?

As an artist you actually do have to make a choice to be an outsider. If you're an outsider you have the freedom to say what people on the inside don't dare to say.

In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.

you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.

Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.

The key to freedom is accepting my own autonomy as an individual, and respecting the autonomy of other individuals, with all of what that means - whatever that means.

You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.

Craziness in a shoe is great - you can have much more freedom, you can exaggerate and it doesn't feel stupid. But to have too much craziness near your face, that would just feel weird.

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.

I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.

I like people-watching and getting inspiration from the unique people who dont follow any fashion tides. From 12-year-olds who have full freedom, to 86-year-old ladies with a ton of class.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

I think the big problem is what I call "possessive monogamy." I think we should have a lot more freedom in our sexual lives. We should stop making monogamous commitments.

Equality ... like freedom, exists only where you are now. Only as an egg in the womb are we all equal.

I just feel such freedom to do whatever. If a song's seven minutes or ten minutes long, then so be it - it's that long.

the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.