A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
One day you're there and then all of a sudden, there's less of you. And you wonder where that part went. If… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I like him. I have a weakness for losers. Invalids, foreigners, the fat boy of the class, the ones nobody ever wants… — Peter Høeg Copy Share Image
“The very essence of Australia is our lack of sophistication–our refusal to conform to pretension and superficiality. We ought to be upholding… — Tim Macartney-Snape Copy Share Image
All my work keeps going like a pendulum; it seems to swing back to something I was involved with earlier, or it… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
One must never forbid oneself anything. One must also be able to go back, one must always be able to change... — Hans Hartung Copy Share Image
Woe to him inside a non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go about in men’s… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things in this world that are more important than being popular. Being true to yourself is one… — Michael Landon Copy Share Image
“ROBERT ROTH: Going against the tide, no matter how gracefully, will beat you up after a while — all artists know this.” — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“In the antiseptic world we try to purge ourselves of difficult things. Don't dwell on it, switch off the light and go… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows. — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
But when I call for a hero, out comes my lazy old self; so I never know who I am, nor how… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to… — Toller Cranston Copy Share Image
And if the soul Is to know itself It is into a soul That it must look: The stranger and the enemy,… — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
"What the hell'd you let them break your spirit for?" You know, their lives ran in circles so small. Ah, they thought… — Michelle Shocked Copy Share Image
