Self Expression Quotes

"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." "Lots of people are afraid to do that - to say what they want. So they don't get what they want." "Express yourself, don't repress yourself." "We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out" "No matter what happens, always be yourself." "I have no ambitions nor desires. To be poet is not my ambition, it's my way of being alone." "I am for those who believe in loose delights." "This hour I tell things in confidence." "The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot." "Understand that I am trying to make music out of my life." "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called." "People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want" "To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else's painting is a little difficult." "Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence" "Be yourself - not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be " "Baby, you’re a firework, come on, let your colors burst" "If you really do want to be an authentic, liberated individual, don't do any copying except of old masters. Otherwise, you're probably better off just staying at home." "I am, in large measure, the selfsame prose I write. " "It is better to create than to learn Creating is the essence of life" "A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."