James Jebbia Quotes

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

And I think I have a distinct voice.

I think it's good to do your own thing and want to be different, and not look like everyone else.

When we were going to NYU, I think that was the first time we were aware of the power of our personal style. Not the power of it, but the result of it.

You can't imitate; all our faces are constructed differently... and the vocal cords; otherwise, we'd all sound alike. I don't think anybody should ever teach by imitating.

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

Don’t try to be anybody else because that’s what makes you not swaggy.

We are unique, each human voice, not because we are completely self-generated, but because of who we choose to assemble the countless factors that made us.

Style is something peculiar to one person; it expresses one personality and one only; it cannot be shared.

As a young guy from south London, I wanted to be able to make myself stand out.

We think we need to create ourselves, always doing a paste-up job on our personalities. That is because we're trying to be special rather than real. We're pathetically trying to conform with all the other people trying to do the same.

I have an older sister and my mom would dress us up identically, so in all of our pictures, we're in these giant pink, poufy outfits. I remember when I was four or five, we all went to a theme park and I had to go to the bathroom but couldn't hold it in anymore. Let's just say, I had to buy a brand new outfit! But that moment was the first time I remember ever wearing something different from my sister at an event. It was my breakthrough moment when I decided I was never going to match my sister again!

Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside

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.

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.

The personality is a work of art.

Each person has their own brand and style and the way they do things.

Be different; be unique; be yourself.

Remind your self. Nobody constructed like you, you style your self.

Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and how she feels

In anything you do, it's important to have your own personality there.

An air of fashion, which is but a badge of slavery ... proves that the soul has not a strong individual character.

Style is a way of talking about yourself.

There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive that gives you a lot of room for unique and individual expression. Whatever you're interested in can become something you kind of own in your group of skater friends.

The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.