Jeff Koons Quotes

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

When youth live in fear of becoming who they are, as adults, they can't become the creative beings that we are meant to be on this planet.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

Tracey Emin's 'Strangeland' made me see that everything I have to be creative is inside of myself.

I think I have femininity, I have masculinity, but I get to use all of Jeffrey, and that's very powerful. And this is what I always thought when I went down in my little basement in San Francisco, where I grew up, and daydreamed about being an actor: It felt like this. This is what it felt like.

It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall.

It was through poetry I learned just to appreciate my own voice and to not think of my voice in terms of what it needs to be able to do, but what it can do.

Nurture your own confidence and make it real; don't pretend to be someone you're not.

Do not hate or fear the artist in yourselves... Honor and love him...do not try to possess him. Trust him as nobly as you trust tomorrow. Only the artist in yourself is more truthful than the night.

I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.

I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself.

Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be honest with themselves and make the art they want to make. That's what I've always done.

My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.

I guess I could say that I pursue questions that interest me in ways that interest me on the page, but that's awfully vague.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.

When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.

My style is all to myself.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.