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> [Start listening to what you say. Are your comments and ideas negative? You aren't going become positive if you always say negative things. Do you hear yourself say"I could never do that","I never have any luck","I never get things right".…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/start-listening-to-what-you-say-are-your-comments-and-ideas-negative/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

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## More by James Arthur

> [Me and my mum didn't see eye-to-eye for a lot of years, and I've never really felt connected with my dad, because he wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/me-and-my-mum-didn-t-see-eye-to-eye-for-a-lot-of-years-and-i-ve-never/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [I'm a mix; I'm sure some of my Canadian friends find me very American, both in person and on the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-m-a-mix-i-m-sure-some-of-my-canadian-friends-find-me-very-american/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [I often write from memory by walking around and talking to myself. Even when I'm working at a computer I write out loud, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-often-write-from-memory-by-walking-around-and-talking-to-myself/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [I'd like to think that maybe the average person is rational, and they realise that I'm not this crazy monster that, at times, I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-d-like-to-think-that-maybe-the-average-person-is-rational-and-they/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [I had nothing and lived in the most insignificant place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-had-nothing-and-lived-in-the-most-insignificant-place/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/it-can-feel-like-your-whole-world-is-caving-in-on-you-and-if-you-don/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of art? Maybe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/if-art-doesn-t-require-an-audience-can-an-intimate-conversation-be-a/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [And treating poetry as a performing art emphasizes its ephemerality. A printed poem can be endlessly reprinted, photocopied, scanned, uploaded, cut and pasted -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/and-treating-poetry-as-a-performing-art-emphasizes-its-ephemerality-a/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [I want each poem to be ambiguous enough that its meaning can shift, depending on the reader's own frame of reference, and depending on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-want-each-poem-to-be-ambiguous-enough-that-its-meaning-can-shift/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [Memorizing the work of others definitely made me a better writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/memorizing-the-work-of-others-definitely-made-me-a-better-writer/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [People were telling me it was refreshing I was real because previous 'X Factor' winners were too afraid to say anything. I decided to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/people-were-telling-me-it-was-refreshing-i-was-real-because-previous/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [Everyone wrote me off, including me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/everyone-wrote-me-off-including-me/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [I believe strongly in what John Keats called negative capability: the trait or practice that allows a poet to remain in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/i-believe-strongly-in-what-john-keats-called-negative-capability-the/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [When I had my first panic attack, I believed that it was a heart attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/when-i-had-my-first-panic-attack-i-believed-that-it-was-a-heart-attack/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

> [As a species, we create tools to control our environment. What excites my imagination is wilderness: our materials' ability to escape our control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-arthur/as-a-species-we-create-tools-to-control-our-environment-what-excites/)

[James Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-arthur/)

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