Quotes About Self-expression

They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.

American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.

To do something very common, in my own way.

That's the main business of the poem!-to see if you can't make up a language that sets all your selves talking at once-all of them being fair to each other.

I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration.

Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate.

Poetry is a man arguing with himself; rhetoric is a man arguing with others.

Let go, let go, let go, Just let it go, Let the tears come out, Stop fighting the tears back, Stop wearing different masks, Let yourself be seen, Let yourself be the real you,

Being free is a state of mind.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Do we dare to be ourselves?' This is the question that counts - and not, 'Must a man be helpless?' ...A man can do something for peace without having to jump into politics.

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

The most important thing you wear is your personality.

Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

I think what I do is positive, in its own way.

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

Have fun, be yourself, enjoy life and stay positive.

Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard

I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.

Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldnt do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.