Being yourself Quote by Gwendolyn Brooks Download Open image “Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.” — Gwendolyn Brooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being yourself Imitate Imitate Poets Important Poet Poetry Poets Poets Important
The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be,… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Be yourself. Be courageous and bold. Strive to make every moment beautiful to make your day meaningful. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
My advice to all young people who wish to become poets is: do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world -… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
Before you write - remember that every speech has something of 'you' in the writing. Don't take that away when you write. Be yourself.… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, 'Look at what's happening in this… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
She was afraid to suggest to him that to most people, nothing "happens." That most people merely live from day to day until they… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them,… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
It frightens me to realize that, if I had died before the age of fifty, I would have died a 'Negro' fraction. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself"… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
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Say to yourself: 'Living essentially to please others is a monumental mistake.' — George Robinson Copy Share Image
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Give yourself a chance to live because nobody will live it for you when you die — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not pretty,I'm not smart.I'm not perfect and some people don't think I'm worth it.But if you look inside and see,you will see the… — Lexi Price Copy Share Image
Your not born knowing what sex you like because you don't know what your feelings are, then before you know what sex you like… — Charlie Brown Copy Share Image
You can't be everything to everyone. No matter what you do, there will always be someone who thinks differently. So concentrate on doing what… — Jonathan Kitavi Copy Share Image
The clashes of people and the clashes of cultures have assisted me in learning the openness you have to be a part of in… — Kissey Copy Share Image
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