Quotes About Expression

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.

Discipline gives you the freedom to be creative.

And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail for.

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right.

I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.

I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility.

All the words are already there when you're singing onstage, it's fantastic. You can lose yourself in what you've created. You're controlling this freedom.

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

Being able to channel my creativity, emotions and experience through a character was and is freedom for me.

Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp

I no longer believe in freedom of speech.

I just feel such freedom to do whatever. If a song's seven minutes or ten minutes long, then so be it - it's that long.

I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.

the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free.

It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer—I am merely a word criminal.

The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.

It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.

Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.

Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print.