Quotes About Self-expression

I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.

I feel that I am more aware of my artistry.

I have nothing to be ashamed of. And I love to talk about the things that I am ashamed of.

The things people are ashamed of come through in whatever their outerwear is. I suppose I am always looking for that, even if it's somebody who, on the outside, seems to be perfect.

I'm a very open person, and I am not ashamed of it being out there. It's part of life.

Cada cual tiene su modo de amar; el mío, sin embargo, no hace mal a nadie; ¿por qué, entonces, la gente habrá de ocuparse de mí?

Arme, oude maan,' grinnikte Nathaniel, die helemaal in zijn sas was. 'Hij eigent zich eindeloos kleuren toe om er zijn bleke gezicht mee te beschilderen, en het blijft vergeefs!

The boys are caught between a private conversation among themselves, a world only they can understand, and their awareness of the artist, the adult observer looking and listening. They remind me of us, of me and my fellow patients, the garments of the adult world not quite fitting us, the jumbled machinery of the day-to-day not quite belonging to us, asked to give an account of ourselves and unsure quite what to say.

In my experience people who can't stop making jokes about their identity aren't easy with it. The man of the world accepts who he is and the influences which have made him, and then gets on with living in the world.

write whatever comes into your head, as fast as you can type, without reference to outlines, notes, data, books or any other aids. The object is to find out what you would like to say, what all your earlier work on the topic or project has already led you to believe.

Follow the grain in your own wood.

The desire to be one's true self is ever persistent.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

And let the lesson be - to be yersel's, Ye needna fash gin it's to be ocht else. To be yersel's - and to mak' that worth bein' Nae harder job to mortals has been gi'en.

When I was a boy I noticed I didn't have a fortune line on my palm... so I took my father's razor and... zak... I made myself one, just the way I wanted.

Quando ero bambino mi accorsi che non avevo la linea della fortuna sulla mano e allora presi il rasoio di mio padre e zac... Me ne feci una come volevo.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

Why didn't I become an architect? Answer: Because I thought the sheets of paper on which I was to pour my dreams were blank. But after twenty-five years of writing, I have come to understand that those pages are never blank.

Don't let fashion dictate your style.

Somehow her getting naked breaks the tension. Her transformation is palpable: She seems easier, more confident; her body is how she asserts control.

Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?

That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble.

And in those final years, when he was off doing shit on his own, Spike didn't stick to the rules. He started to think he was too smart. Too ingenious. He was definitely feeling himself. He even changed his name. When I met him, he was simply

He put on his silk shirts and his gators to go out and do his thing, you know?