Authentic Quotes

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.

If you take my entire golfing life, my favorites are the older courses, the more traditional and the more authentic.

The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic.

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.

We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?

There's so many young women today who look so lost. And I feel like, of course they're lost. They have no one around them to give them real, authentic reflection.

I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

Malice is always authentic and sincere.

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

All of my children are ideologically and politically in sync with me, they all have authentic Christian faith. It's something I'm very grateful for.

The documents have not been conclusively proven false. Neither have they been proven authentic.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic.

Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input.

I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language.

I've been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and they've been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who don't care about the world.

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I'm doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn't connect with me so strongly. It's a real compliment.

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.

The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty well in Europe, but after I left, it was over.

An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.

To try to be authentic these days, to ask questions of the people in power - it's difficult. This administration has evolved new techniques to handle people like me. Their strategy, in a word, is simple: ignore them.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse.