authenticity Quotes

Anger cannot be dishonest.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Be content to seem what you really are.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.