Quotes About Self-expression

The day is past when women want to spend hours and hours in the kitchen. They like to get out and do things.

Every artist's illimitable country is himself.

A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves.

non bisogna essere schiavi che della bellezza. La serva e mandi al diavolo la folla imbecille. Il successo!

Ben yine de kendi hazlar?m?, insanoÄŸlunun ittifakla verdiÄŸi hükümlerden önemsiz görmeyeceÄŸim. EÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi sevmediysem sevmedim demektir, o kadar. Åžu güneÅŸin alt?ndaki hiçbir sebep sadece türdeÅŸlerim çoÄŸunluk olarak onu beÄŸeniyor diye o beÄŸeniyi benim de taklit etmemi gerektirme. HoÅŸland???m ya da hoÅŸlanmad???m ÅŸeylerde moday? takip edecek deÄŸilim.

Ben yine de kendi hazlar?m?, insanoÄŸlunun ittifakla verdiÄŸi hükümlerden önemsiz görmeyeceÄŸim. EÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi sevmediysem sevmedim demektir, o kadar. Åžu güneÅŸin alt?ndaki hiçbir sebep sadece türdeÅŸlerim çoÄŸunluk olarak onu beÄŸeniyor diye o beÄŸeniyi benim de taklit etmemi gerektirmez. HoÅŸland???m ya da hoÅŸlanmad???m ÅŸeylerde moday? takip edecek deÄŸilim.

Wydaje mi siÄ™ niekiedy, ?e caÅ'y Å›wiat, ?ycie, w ogóle wszytko obraÅ'o sobie siedzibÄ™ w mym wnÄ™trzu i uczyni? chce ze mnie swego rzecznika

It occurred to me, trying not to hobble in my too-tight slippers, that attire was another form of concealment.

I just thought: Oh goodness, you can wear nice clothes and get your hair done and still be a feminist and a serious intellectual.

And I eat what I please. Geez, I weigh a hundred and sixty, but who cares? And Anne Ã¢â'¬â€ I sing. Christ, I sing like a fucking canary.

I might not be any good at dancing but I am a great eater.

You are entitled to say NO to wearing a mask in order to get people to like you.

There are lots of variations on the path to self-publishing; this is the one Kamal and I have both used. WRITE THE BOOK.

You are entitled to say NO to wearing a mask in order to get people to like you. You can trust that the way you are is fine, that your honesty is what attracts others to you, and that your truth is what lights your internal fire.

It's not our parents' fault. Or our schools'. Or the government's. Or our friends'. They all have their own issues—no need to blame them. But there's no need to say yes to their stories either. Now is the time for us to build our own stories.

In other words, just do it. Leave behind everyone else's definitions or else you will drown in them. Why listen to him? He made 50,000 works of art in his life. On average two per day.

Even if you aren't an expert, give yourself permission to be a producer. Produce!

You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't live the only life you have, you won't live some other life, you won't live any life at all.

I think people ought to do what they want to do, what else are they alive for?

Best advice I ever got was an old friend of mine, a black friend, who said you have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't live the only life you have, you won't live some other life, you won't live any life at all. That's the only advice you can give anybody. And it's not advice, it's an observation.

It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.

You play it safe long enough," he said, in a different tone, "and you'll end up trapped in your own dirty body, forever and forever and forever—like me.

you have to decide who you are, and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

Follow your heart. Indulge your whims. They are usually correct. And when they are not, do not allow the world to judge you overly much.