Quotes by category:Authenticity

Jorge Luis Borges was lamenting a variety of Orientalism that was used to measure the alleged authenticity of Argentine and Latin American writers in the midcentury. The Argentine literary tradition was believed by many, including many Argentines, to be concerned with a national imaginary in which the gauchos and the pampas and the tango were fundamental tropes. Borges, in part to legitimize his own Europhilia, correctly pointed out that expecting writers to engage with these romantic nationalist tropes was arbitrary and limiting, a genre that was demonstrative of its own artificiality.

Adam Morris

authenticity tradition latin

The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.

Al Ries

authenticity ingredients claims

The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.

Alan Cohen

enlightenment authenticity creativity

The words "genius" and "genuine" derive from the same root. The core of genius is authenticity.

Alan Cohen

authenticity genius roots

We are all living this dance and it is clearly fraught with making choices. Lots of my choices are bad and that's normal. None of us are attractive at all times. What is attractive to me is authenticity.

Andre Dubus

authenticity normal choices

American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.

Ang Lee

authenticity film world

No man can prophesy with another's parable.

Anna Julia Cooper

parables authenticity men

Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.

Annabelle Selldorf

aging authenticity architecture

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

Barbara De Angelis

authenticity persons

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Barbra Streisand

stay-true-to-yourself authenticity people

Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.

Bill Hybels

authenticity spiritual

The scouts [in "Moneyball"] could lend an authenticity that's even beyond what we had on the page.

Brad Pitt

authenticity pages

Authenticity is essential to the soul!

Brian Houston

authenticity essentials soul

The authenticity aspect is pretty important to me. When we have to compromise and do something that's not authentic, it really rubs me, every time I have to see it in the edit, which is millions of times.

Cary Fukunaga

authenticity compromise important

Authenticity is not an innate quality - that is, you are not born with it. Being an authentic leader is not something you can say about yourself; it must be attributed to you.

Chip Espinoza

authenticity quality leader

The problem is we're looking for something that doesn't exist. We're looking for authenticity. There is no such thing as authenticity. There is either good art or bad art. Art is never about its content. It's about its scaffolding.

Chris Abani

authenticity problem art

To transform the world women need to strive for authenticity.

Christine Ebersole

authenticity strive world

It is not possible to be honest in the here and now when you continue to discount and minimize your childhood experiences.

Claudia Black

authenticity childhood honest

Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.

Craig Groeschel

authenticity trump being-yourself

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.

Criss Jami

authenticity underestimate humble