Quotes by Individuality We all try to be alike in our youth, and individual in our middle age ... although we sometimes mistake eccentricity for individuality. Alec-Tweedie individuality age mistake A shoe that fits one person pinches another. Alex Flinn psychology shoes individuality In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized. Alex Grey individuality trying thinking In contrast to the values of morality, which depend on and encourage our similarities to each other, values like friendship or beauty depend on and encourage our differences. Ultimately, friendship is essential to our fashioning ourselves in ways that don't simply repeat the fashions of our surroundings: it is a mechanism of individuality. Alexander Nehamas morality individuality fashion The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself. Alexander Smith individuality greatness artist Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Alexis de Tocqueville individuality air comfort Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common. Alice Hoffman outsiders individuality common Right now the way I define beauty is individuality and wisdom, which I think creates a certain inner confidence. And not confidence in a way that's only on the surface, but a deep-down knowing of yourself or settling into who you are. Alicia Keys individuality knowing thinking Every individual is representative of the whole . . . and should be intimately understood, and this would give a far greater understanding of mass movements and sociology. Anais Nin individuality understanding giving The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man. Andre Gide individuality race men IN THE CINEMA A DIRECTOR EXPRESSES HIS INDIVIDUALITY FIRST AND FOREMOST THROUGH HIS SENSE OF TIME, THROUGH RHYTHM. RHYTHM GIVES COLOUR TO A WORK BY DISTINGUISHABLE STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS. RHYTHM MUST ARISE NATURALLY IN A FILM, A FUNCTION OF THE DIRECTOR'S INNATE SENSE OF LIFE AND COMMENSURATE WITH HIS QUEST FOR TIME. Andrei Tarkovsky individuality giving art Those who talk about individuality the most are the ones who most object to deviation, and in a few years it may be the other way around. Some day everybody will just think what they want to think, and then everybody will probably be thinking alike; that seems to be what is happening. Andy Warhol individuality years thinking When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different and does not belong; they taught me different was wrong. Ani DiFranco orange individuality years Be daring. Be first. Be different. Anita Roddick individuality different business There are brains so large that they unconsciously swamp all individualities ties which come in contact or too near, and brains so small that they cannot take in the conception of any other individuality as a whole, only in part or parts. Anna Brownell Jameson individuality ties brain Identity is an assemblage of constellations. Anna Deavere Smith assemblage individuality identity We humans are herd animals of the monkey tribe, not natural individuals as lions are. Our individuality is partial and restless; the stream of consciousness that we call 'I' is made of shifting elements that flow from our group and back to our group again. Always we seek to be ourselves and the herd together, not One against the herd. Anna Louise Strong individuality together animal A finished person is a boring person. Anna Quindlen individuality reading book Ethnic stereotypes are misshapen pearls, sometimes with a sandy grain of truth at their center. ... but they ignore complexity, change, and individuality. Anna Quindlen individuality pearls sometimes It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years. Annie Lennox individuality past years «1234567891011»