Quotes about Authenticity
Artists should be free to create what we want. I believe there's a special value in work that is a reflection of oneself as opposed to interpretation. When I see a film or a TV show about black people not written by someone who's black, it's an interpretation of that life.
- Ava DuVernay
Basically, I don't like to tweet stuff about my life. I only like to tweet jokes.
- Bo Burnham
I'd rather have Ben Affleck feeling something than twenty minutes of punching CGI Zod. You want moments that resonate with your audience.
- Chris Claremont
As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.
- Seth Godin
The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.
- Wayne Dyer
If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.
- Joyce Meyer
I think young people really do care. They want to build their life on something that's solid and makes sense, that's rational, that's not built on mythology, make-believe and wishful thinking.
- Lee Strobel
As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.
- Louie Giglio
I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.
- Marilyn Monroe
My goal is to make one-not a hodgepodge, but just the sort of record that I would want to listen to.
- Moby
The church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.
- Rachel Held Evans
I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.
- Kesha