Quotes About Independence

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

I had to relearn how to love myself by forgetting the opinions of everyone else and focusing on my opinion of myself.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is a man's original virtue.

My father told me to go to bed an hour ago. I don't see why I shouldn't give you the same advice. I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of ant use to oneself.

Don't spoil him. Don't try to influence him. Your influence would be bad. The world is wide and has many marvellous people in it. Don't take away from me the one person who gives to my art whatever charm that possesses: my life as an artist depends on him.

My heart shall never be put under their microscope.

People are either hunting for husbands, or hiding from them.

The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Nowadays all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.

Hay muchas cosas de las que nos desprenderíamos si no tuviéramos miedo de que otros las recogieran.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

People used to say of me that I was too individualistic. I must be far more of an individualist than ever I was. I must get far more out of myself than ever I got, and ask far less of the world than ever I asked. Indeed, my ruin came not from too great individualism of life, but from too little. The one disgraceful, unpardonable, and to all time contemptible action of my life was to allow myself to appeal to society for help and protection.

No son of mine should ever take the side of the Puritans: that is always an error.

I did not want any external influence in my life. You know how independent I am by nature. I have always been my own master; had at least always been so, till I met Dorian Gray.

I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

In the summer of '67, as a buffalo on the run

When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.

Not that the path was smooth and pothole free. But still, it was my path, and like me, it was bound to be unique. -Zoey

I'm not stupid, stupid. Leave this whole thing in my extremely capable and well-manicured hands. I'll call you later with an update. Bye!

Five stage. Clinger. Totally not fucking cool!

Zo. I'm no damn pussy

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.

You know how it is with cats: They don't really have owners, they have staff.