Authentic Quotes

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?

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.

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.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

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.

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.

Give me an authentic woman, and I'm happy.

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

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.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

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