Quotes About Self-awareness

I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!

Writing is the one art form that really should allow you to hang yourself.

If we stepped away from so much of the victimhood talk, I think that would make a big change for the better. It does limit art. The conversation wouldn't just be one-sided.

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

I turned myself to face me, but I've never caught a glimpse of how the others must see the faker.

If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.

Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually.

I read a book called The Art of Loving. A lot of things seemed clear while I was reading it but afterwards I went back to being more or less the same.

I feel like the movie is reminding people of who they are, which is what I think all great art does.

As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness

I think a lot of making art is listening to yourself.

Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.

I've always wished that I had a great ability to verbalize art theory and find a way that I fit in to the whole lineage, but I don't have a clue.

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, "Stay here, not at the target. Don't be down there." It's why they call it the Zen art.

Knowing when you're not good at something and knowing when you are good at something is an art-form.

I used to believe in the pretty pictures that were all around me, but now I know for sure that I was stupid.

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

What thou art, that thou art.

She'd like to model or maybe act or star in a magazine. Before she signs any big contracts, she better learn how to read.

I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. She is well-practiced in the art of losing herself. I can't say the same of myself.

One should aim, seriously, at disregarding ups and downs; a compliment here, silence there ... the central fact remains stable, which is the fact of my own pleasure in the art.