Quotes About Self-expression

The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.

Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of great art.

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.

Have confidence, do your own thing, find your talent, and work at it to be the best. And always, always have fun!

I don't see myself going back to blonde outside of work though. I really like the red.

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly.

A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real.

In fact, other people create for lack of power. I, on the other hand, do not need a work: I live.

I have the incredibly good fortune of being able to make the majority of the work I produce in the world on my own with no one bothering me. It really comes entirely out of me.

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.

I come alive when I'm painting. I like to work in oils and acrylics, and the full sensory engagement and self-expression is very stimulating to me.

I am comfortable with my body and embrace who I am. I love to work it.

I think that's great - I just try not to be one of those people. I find the more I think about it, the less free I feel when I write and when I work.

I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself.

I think that I need to work on being comfortable at being normal, everyday-ish on camera. Unlike a lot of actors, I think that's the thing that I'm not so comfortable with.

If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.

When I see people talking on the internet about me or my work it's almost always more a description of themselves and so I never really think of myself as anything more than just who I always was.

When you're acting you put so much of yourself into working. As much fun as it is, it's still hard work and it's still a challenge.

I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.

I think when I work with actors it's all about a process of learning to be private in public, instead of performing in public. Which is what women do: we perform, especially our sexuality.

I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your work, or whatever. Actors have to be producers and writers have to be producers.