Am Quote by Uzo Aduba

My parentage set me up to want to make a life of my own in the arts, but also contributed to my feeling a…

— Emma Walton Hamilton

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to…

— Charlize Theron

I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I…

— Common

I know who I am and what I'm doing in my life and what I've accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as…

— Justin Bieber

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me

— Meredith Brooks

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

— Condola Rashad

Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other…

— Aleksa Palladino

“In the grand scheme of self-discovery and personal empowerment, nothing else truly matters if you find contentment within yourself...”

— Ramona I

I knew my whole life that I had to make ends meet or I would be ashamed of myself. I had a lot of…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and…

— Pico Iyer

I've focused very intensely on finding who I am as an artist.

— Sky Blu