Quotes About Authenticity

Há momentos em que recorremos a palavras insensatas e fazemos exigências absurdas para esconder sentimentos lineares.

you will see . . . Gauguin and Bernard talk now of 'painting like children' – I would rather have that than 'painting like decadents'.

most expensive originals have cheap imitations.

simple people. . . . listen to music with their hearts and enjoy it more than those who are spoiled, jaded, blase.

Schein geht vor Sein [...]. Ja, die Realität ist wahrscheinlich einer der schlimmsten Irrtümer überhaupt. Lüge geht demnach vor Wahrheit [...]. Das Irreale kommt vor dem Realen. Und die Kunst gewinnt dabei an Qualität.

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.

When man is not permitted to be himself, he cannot be encountered.

In fact I had no such interest, but I knew it was wrong to do things just because other people did. Other people couldn't be the reason why you did anything.

It's so hard to be sincere without sounding pretentious,' she said. 'I mean, what are you supposed to do if you really happen to feel like you've swallowed the universe? Not say so?

It's hard to be sincere without sounding pretentious," she said. "I mean, what are you supposed to do if you really happen to feel like you've swallowed the universe? Not say so?

Sometimes I think there could be two kinds of love. There could be one rare kind that just naturally exists between certain people. Then there's the more common kind that is constructed.

Sometimes I think there could be two kinds of love. There could be one rare kind that just naturally exists between people. Then there's the more common kind that's constructed.

I never thought to differentiate between you and the person who writes your letters. But I think I see your point. I send you an email: how do you know who wrote it? It could be anyone. There's no way for me to convince you. I say, "It's me!"; you say: "Who's 'me'?" Wouldn't it be amazing if it turned out that we both had ghostwriters? Just imagine them taking a long walk together, walking and walking, and talking only if something came up...

It's so hard to be sincere without sounding pretentious. I mean, what are you supposed to do if you really happen to feel like you've swallowed the universe? Not say so?

I thought maybe Against Nature would be a book about someone who viewed things the way I did - someone trying to live a life unmarred by laziness, cowardice, and conformity.

The mirror will only lie, when you look at it through a mask.

Literature is the product of a deep-seated need for honesty. Hence, those who lie most are struck most deeply by it, and those who are honest have no need for it.

Those who do not preach life but live it do not smile to the lily near the bank; they look for stones and hang on.

Creating a piece of writing is really the easiest thing in the world—about as natural as creating excrement (and many writers will, indeed, describe their work as such).

Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.

Because I didn't have a decent jacket. Because I thought it was better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.