Quotes About Self

Art brings a message into a room. It should make us perceive in a new way - either through color, form or narrative content - something we had not perceived before... and perhaps reveal something to you about yourself.

I've been working on the way my originality, my body, my face, my original form is perceived by me.

I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.

I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.

My identity will always inform my experience and shape my perception. But I am an unremarkable person.

The perception of identity is so intimately bound up with the perception of the human form.

A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be.

I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me.

Writing, for me, when I'm writing in the first-person, is like a form of acting. So as I'm writing, the character or self I'm writing about and my whole self - when I began the book - become entwined. It's soon hard to tell them apart. The voice I'm trying to explore directs my own perceptions and thoughts.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.

It's better to do your purpose imperfectly than to do someone else's purpose perfectly.

I think the name perfectly encapsulates my soul, and so I get to be myself with the safety of a different name.

I like to improve myself every day and whatever my performance, I will always believe I can do better.

My performances have finally caught up with my ego.

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be.

I remember I had a boyfriend a long time ago who said, 'You need to change your name; you sound like a circus performer.'

As an artist, you want to form your own identity and be your own performer.

I learned a lot from Elvis. He never took his image seriously. So many performers today put their image before themselves. It can ruin them. Like Elvis, I never took my image seriously.

I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.