143 Quotes About Self-expression

Perhaps the true purpose of life is simply to express ourselves as best we can. Maybe my ability to keep finding new challenges appropriate to my age is part of the happiness, the thing that keeps me young, creative, and full of life. The setbacks and the opposition I've encountered are all part of my happiness. I have grown as a result and am still able to lead a self-determined life.

My voice is my own. When I am quiet, it is because I want to be. When I am loud, it is not out of rebellion. My voice is not a reaction to you. It's an expression of me.

Wherever life can grow, it will.It will sprout out,and do the best it can.I give you what I have.You don’t get all your questions answered in this world.How many answers shall be foundin the developing world of my Poem?I don’t know. Nevertheless I put my Poem,which is my life, into your hands, where it will do the best it can.

A flourishing civilization seeks wisdom, glorifies heroism, and contemplates wonder. A dying civilization seeks power, glorifies survival, and contemplates confusion. An undead civilization seeks "wellness", glorifies "authenticity", and contemplates "self-expression".

Don’t Let That Horse . . .” from A Coney Island of the Mind.Don’t let that horse eat that violin cried Chagall’s mother But he kept right on paintingAnd became famousAnd kept on painting The Horse With Violin In MouthAnd when he finally finished ithe jumped up upon the horse and rode away waving the violinAnd then with a low bow gave itto the first naked nude he ran acrossAnd there were no strings attached

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

Every heartbeat a syllable for words I can’t speak, to explain what I want from him. What I want from myself. To know and be known, totally and completely. To be someone worth knowing.

Freedom of expression is a basic expression of freedom.

All writing is essentially autobiographical because our composed thought patterns reflect our accumulated life experiences. At some level, every type of work, whether it is literature, poetry, music, painting, photography, sculpture, or architecture, is always a portrait of the creator. We cannot escape ourselves any more than we can outrun our shadow.