Quotes About Authenticity

When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.

I'm never concerned about being first or on trend. I only want to feel like my most rad 'me.'

In addition to building better products, a more open world will also encourage businesses to engage with their customers directly and authentically. More than four million businesses have Pages on Facebook that they use to have a dialogue with their customers. We expect this trend to grow as well.

I have always believed that indie music is the space where the real music actually happens, which actually sets the trend.

I never try to follow a trend or fashion.

It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate.

The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else.

I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out and not following the trend, which I'm totally against.

I do think there's a difference when you see a book where you can tell the creator's doing something they really love or are really passionate about as opposed to an artist or a writer who is just doing a particular job or trying to sell a product or trying to cash in on a popular trend.

I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.

With 'Haters Back Off,' I'm creating something that I want to make, and I'm not focused on, 'Is this gonna trend, is this gonna be popular?' I'm just focused on telling the story.

Because if Asian American content is seen as a trend, the way that like leggings are in, then that's not true representation or inclusion. The mainstream doesn't have to worry about that.

As a designer, I'm not interested in trend.

I'm not really a trend person.

If someone tells you what something is supposed to look like or to follow a specific trend, but it looks silly on you, you don't have to do it.

I believe your home tells a story about who you are and who you aspire to be. We represent ourselves through the things we own. I don't believe in trends. I believe in collecting things that you connect with. We should surround ourselves with things we care about, that have meaning.

You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.

Goth is dead, punk is dead, and rock n' roll is dead. Trends are dead. Nothing exists anymore because the world is spinning faster than any trend.

For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.

In America, when I first came here, they were used to wearing more make-up - thicker foundation, more Max Factor, that sort of thing. But you have to know who you are and what you look like: if you know yourself a little bit, you don't need to follow trends.

Everyone has a different appearance, so blindly imitating fashion trends does not make you look better.

If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled.

Trends keep changing, but I have and will always do what I like to do!