Quotes About Self-expression

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.

So many people in the gay community have always asked me to come out, say it like it is, and help our cause. But for me... I think my biggest statement I could give to the world is to be strong being myself... you have to make something of yourself, and that's what makes us strong.

I don't feel like I have to be nice and apologetic all of the time. I'm trying to be strong and fierce.

I want to compliment myself for becoming someone with a strong color.

I've always said that sexy is having a really strong sense of yourself and never taking yourself too seriously.

I can't disappear. I come from a family of beautiful women, strong women - and 'strong' defined by being themselves.

Some fathers raise their daughters to be seen and not heard; they raise their daughters not to speak out. Raise strong women!

There's no controlling Billie - she's an authentic person. She's strong-willed and speaks her own mind, but she also listens to reason.

I don't consider myself a flag bearer in the parade, but I have never felt stronger about who I am.

Being fat doesn't necessarily make me feel stronger. What makes me feel strong is knowing that I can live my life and be who I want to be.

I strongly prefer to keep my hair loose and wavy, leaving it as natural as possible.

The intent of Slayer's musical and lyrical content has always been selfish. We feel very strongly about the importance of staying true to ourselves.

Being unapologetic about my body, my sexuality, my life's decisions is a political belief that, as a feminist, I strongly espouse.

I'm very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I'm an artist. I don't try to revolt against anybody, and I don't try to please anybody. I feel very strongly that I if love it, someone else will love it - not everybody, though.

Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.

My eyes will never be blue; my bone structure will never allow for you to mistake me for a Scandinavian model.

I'm a feminist, a 21st-century feminist - which means choice and freedom. One has the right to be both glamorous and ethically structured.

I don't do my hair very perfectly because I think it looks sexier when you don't have everything perfectly structured out.

I like not being noticed. It has been a struggle because I love performing, but if I'm in a group of people and someone has a bigger personality, I'm like, 'Go ahead, and have fun!'

I grew up thinking that it's okay to be sad, angry, and express your emotions. I have also banged doors and fought, as I have seen my mom do that when she would fight with my dad. Everything that I've learnt is from them, so I've never struggled to express myself.

I think that because I struggled and did get very bullied, that definitely made me learn how to be funny and let things roll off and be able to laugh, and I think that has definitely helped me when it comes to being in the public eye with 'Gay of Thrones' and 'Queer Eye.'

We all want to be identified as someone cool, and I have struggled with repping where I'm from and my heritage before. It's part of growing pains. But when people see me being proud of what I am - and they are what I am too - it makes them proud. That's why I try to represent my Asian and my black side.

As an insecure adult in Houston, a writer struggling to make myself heard, I was nourished by those hours with the Houston Rockets in ways that I did not recognize.