Quotes About Individuality

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

novels, like racists, tend to be the same wherever you turn," writes William Giraldi,

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

There are many ways to rule, many things required to be un hombre or to be una mujere, for each person can decide for himself. Sometimes you can even be both. Without having to choose one or the other

Postoji muka odlu?ivanja, kao i muka ?ekanja, a svijet je zatvoren i otkriva se tek kad u?emo u igru, kad ostvarujemo mogu?nosti. Ni za jednu životnu stazu ne postoji vodi?, svaka je neispitana, neponovljiva, zato je u životu avantura pravilo, a ne izuzetak, jer je putovanje kroz neispitane predjele, koje niko poslije nas ne može ponoviti, sve se staze potiru, uvijek nanovo se stvara nova konfiguracija, uvijek se ukazuje drugi pejzaž, druga klima, za svakog posebno.

Nemamo prava da i od koga zahtijevamo da brine naše brige.

Treba da zapazimo ?ovjeka, da ga razlikujemo od ostalih, svako ima nešto svoje, i drago mu je ako se baš to posebno primijeti.

Two genuinely human thoughts are always different, just as two men's palms are." "What's a genuinely human thought?" "One that's usually not told to anyone.

Šta bi prvo savjetovao ?ovjeku kome želiš dobro? - Da se svojim mišljenjem ne izdvaja me?u ljudima s kojima živi. (...) Drugi moj savjet ?ovjeku kome želim dobro bio bi: ne govori uvijek ono što misliš.

Do vraga, ništa nije toliko naopako kao dobro u?injeno s ciljem, ni toliko glupo kao ?ovjek koji nešto ho?e po svome kalupu.

Zivot je siri od svakog propisa. Moral je zamisao, a zivot je ono sto biva.

Zatvorio sam se, postao opsa?ena tvr?ava o koju su strijele uzalud udarale. Nije mi prijatelj, ili je ?udan prijatelj koji mi sije?e korijenje, potkopava temelje. Nema prijateljstva me?u ljudima koji druk?ije misle.

You cut the jacket to fit the person, you do not cut the person to fit the jacket. Do not imitate the strategies of your competitors or blindly implement industry best practices. The Leader of an organization must analyze the situation and customize the business plans to fit the organization's position.

But tonight I finally made the connection that change always strolled hand in hand with loss, with upheaval, and that I would always feel it keenly because in the end, I did not live under the same sky as most other people. (p179)

I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to try. I just have to be. You, on the other hand, have to try any passing bandwagon, because what else have you got?

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." I really hate this expression. I bet fish would totally want bicycles.

You're not a one hundred dollar bill, not everyone is going to like you.

What I mean is how public people almost eagerly dehumanize themselves. They allow the markings of region, family, class, individual character, and, generally, personhood that they once possessed to be leached away. At the same time, they construct a new public self that often does terrible damage to what remains of the genuine person.

Little parts of my heart break off then, for Finn, for Ruby, for Charlie, for me, for all the ways we've let ourselves become who people think we should be instead of who we really are.

But I would like to make an important point before this goes any further and that is if anyone feels like arresting me for corrupting an innocent kid then all I can say is that Edmond was not corruptible. Some people are just like that and if you don't believe me it just means you've never met one of them yourself. Which is your loss.

some people are lonely for all the right reasons.

He didn't remember ever being less weird than he was right now. In fact, as far as he could tell he had always been more or less exactly as weird as this. if not more so.

some people are lonely for all the right reasons. After