Quotes About Self-expression

The moral of the story: Every day is a special day. A tear in your chiffon? So what! A food stain on that satin ruffle? Big deal! A little paint spatter on that velvet blazer merely adds to your overall patina. When women ask me for fashion advice, I always say the same thing: "Go home and throw out all your 'work' clothes!" If you always dress as if you are going to a party or a Bowie concert—or a Black Eyed Peas concert—you will always have more fun.

I still cannot define a noun, let alone a definite or indefinite article, or an objective personal pronoun. I rely on spell-check to guide my use of 'to' or 'too'. Does it matter? Colleagues said to me: 'If you want to write, just get on and write. Don't wait for a qualification.

You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.

A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.

one can never know oneself but only narrate oneself

They don't like being seen through: as for me I'm straight I don't join their act I tear masks off.

Le sens de la toilette féminine est manifest: il s'agit de se 'parer' et se parer c'est s'offrir; les feministes hétérosexuelles se sont montrées naguère sur ce point aussi intransiseantes que les lesbiennes: elles refusaient de faire d'elles-même une marchandise qu'on exhibem elles adoptaient des tailleurs et des feutres secs; les robes ornées, décolletées leurs semblaient le symbole de l'ordre social qu'elles combattaient.

La femme, comme l'homme, est son corps: mais son corps est autre chose qu'elle.

Women- except in abstract gatherings such as conferences- do not use we; men say women, and women adopt this word to refer to themselves; but they do not posit themselves authentically as Subjects.

Her home is her earthly lot, the expression of her social worth, and her intimate truth. Because she does nothing, she avidly seeks herself in what she has.

In all my games, my day-dreams, and my plans for the future I never changed myself into a man; all my imagination was devoted to the fulfilment of my destiny as a woman.

Magari mi troverai ridicola, ma mi disprezzerei se non osassi esserlo mai

No soy una cosa, sino espontaneidad que desea, que ama, que anhela, que actúa.

for not only does the woman of fashion project herself into things, she has chosen to make herself a thing.

To want to prohibit a man from error is to forbid him to fulfill his own existence, it is to deprive him of life.

You poor kids! You talking children, that don't know anything about anything that matters! Don't you see? I can't play either of your games. I'm ME! I'm going to be me! Oh, if you do love me a little, let me be me! Good-by.

By taking the time and making the effort to look his best, he feeds both his spirit and the spirits of those who see him. It's thoughtful. Make yourself a work of art. Express your creativity and dress with style. Style your hair and makeup with care and pizazz. Present yourself to the world as beautifully as you can to feed your spirit and the spirit of others.

It may not feel easy, and your inner child may still feel scared, but the minute you break free of this fear and articulate your true feelings, you reclaim your spirit's power. When you speak from the heart—your true Self—with courage, conviction, and calm, any psychic hold from the past is broken and you quickly reconnect to your inner voice and get back into a harmonious flow with your spirit.

One thing: I can damn well wear lipstick.

The whole point about T-shirts is you choose them in the morning according to your mood, like crystals, or aromatherapy oils.

What is it about shoes? I mean, I like most kind of clothes, but a fabulous pair of shoes can just reduce me to jelly. Sometimes, when no-one else is at home, I open my wardrobe and just stare at all my pairs of shoes, like some mad collector. And once I lined them all up on my bed and took a photograph of them. Which might seem a bit weird, but I thought, I've got loads of photos of people I don't really like, so why not take one of something I love?

I'm not some plastic dolly bird. This is all me! She gestures over her impressive body. Apart from my boobs. But it's only polite to have your boobs done. It's only manners.

Because that day with Willem, I may have pretended to be someone named Lulu, but I had never been more honest in my life. Maybe that's the thing with liberation. It comes at a price.

I've had my say out, and I shall be the' easier for't all my life. There's no pleasure i' living, if you're to be corked up forever, and only dribble your mind out by the sly, like a leaky barrel.