If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world read more

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, read more

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. read more

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.

Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, read more

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.