Robert Henri Quotes

The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules-that it is a living and breathing thing with something of the devilish in it-that it fits its proprietor tightly yet ever so loosely, as his skin fits him. It is, in fact, quite as seriously an integral part of him as that skin is. . . . In brief, a style is always the outward and visible symbol of a man, and cannot be anything else.

My style is all to myself.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, 'Future.' The way I talk, the way I dress, there's nobody in the world but me.

An easy way to find your own style is to exaggerate yourself a bit and then find a balance.

People said when I started, 'Why don't you just copy your father's style?' I had to be myself, singing my songs in my own way.

I don't want to sound like anyone.

There have been comparisons but I don't want to be compared with anyone. I want to be myself, with my own style and identity.

I just wanted to be different; I didn't wanna sound like anybody else.

I want to express myself but, at the same time, still be special and different.

I wanted to look different. I liked being original.

My biggest challenge in my career is not looking or sounding like anybody.

Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself.

Individuality is that which you bring into the world.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.

Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality.

My style is unique and it's my own. I do not try to copy or imitate anybody.

I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

Be yourself. An original is always worth more than a copy.

There are so many people who are clever. There are 8000 people at Princeton who are more clever than the three of us at this table. BUT, we have the ability to give something that they don't have...which is us.

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.