Self Expression Quotes

151 quotes by 140 authors

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions… — Ansel Adams
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace,… — Cecil Beaton
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. — Maya Angelou
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off… — Garson Kanin
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation. — Henri Bergson
Find what makes your heart sing and create your own music. — Mac Anderson
The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics. — Percy Cerutty
An author, like any other so-called artist, is a man in whom the normal vanity of all men is so vastly exaggerated that he finds… — H. L. Mencken
Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother. — Richard Peck
I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around… — Ansel Adams
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which… — Ronald Reagan
To me photography can be simultaneously both a record and a mirror or window of self-expression the camera is generally assumed to be unable to… — Eikoh Hosoe
At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my… — Kristi Yamaguchi
Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life. — Slash
I don't really believe in any fashion rules. I think fashion is a form of self-expression. I think you can wear whatever you want! — Ariana Grande
I always try and mix High Street finds into my looks. It really doesn't matter how much something costs, it's the way you wear it!… — Cat Deeley
Self expression is the new entertainment, We never used to question why people sit on the couch for seven hours a day watching bad TV.… — Arianna Huffington
Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper. — Gordon Lish

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