143 Quotes About Self-expression

Never shall a young man,Thrown into despairBy those great honey-colouredRamparts at your ear,Love you for yourself aloneAnd not your yellow hair.

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You have to not care whether they approve of your or not,” she said when I called. “We do what we do to express ourselves, not to coincide with what others like. You’re lucky if they like anything you do.

So, you never can tell what will happen when you learn to play the harmonica.

In the morning, nurture your mind with good books. At night, write yours.

Thou Shalt Not,” the controllers say. “Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt, Thou Shalt,” we say. Reject their Mind Control. Their sins are false. Sin for Salvation.

What is the cost of holding back what is trying to be expressed through you?

...for people like us, sadness is part of our inspiration. Others might bottle up their sadness and pour it out on certain occasions, but we let it pour from us and into our medium. It’s the same for most emotions, and we do it so that we can make room for more.

I could claim that all my projects are altruistic, but I don't do that. All I'm saying is this: is it really a sacrilege to do the best you can, to express yourself, to do what I do?