Quotes About Expression

Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end.

When we are totally faithful to our own individuality, we are actually following a very intricate design. This kind of freedom is the opposite of "just anything".

As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.

The writer doesn't need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper.

Proving one's freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one's behavior.

There is value in being free and spontaneous but the greatest power comes from seeing and using what results from that freedom.

Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world.

I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring 'anything can be art' theory.

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

Crankish attacks on the freedom to read are common at present. When backed and coordinated by organized groups, they become sinister.

I don't like telling really talented people who are amazing what they should do. I'm just going to let them be. It has to be complete freedom - creativity has to be complete freedom.

The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers.

I think the people are just looking for freedom in music...There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of that same old thing.

Play, and escaping the ideology one grew up in, is freedom.

I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.

I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I'd rather deal with restrictions of budget. It's better to feel free within any budget.

I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.

Our constitution enshrines the rule of law, freedom of worship and expression, we cherish these values too.

I like the freedom of being able to just use the live show as an opportunity to more so deconstruct what's going on in the album than to recreate it.

Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.

My music is like my freedom space.

The great thing, as a screenwriter, is that you are always proud of what ends up on the screen, you are able to create something in isolation and you have a lot of freedom.

We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom.