Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters of theatre, writing, and painting. While the American Mercury and the new Ford continue to spread a thin varnish of Ritz over the whole United States there is a certain virtue in being unfashionable.

I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.

I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.

I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.

If I play a bad game, I know I played a bad game. If I play a good game, I know I played a good game. So I don't need anyone to tell me if I did good or bad - because I know it.

I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.

I have quite a strong self-belief.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

When I'm writing, I'm locking myself in a room. I'm the worst critic in the world. I write something and then I beat myself up. I'm like "Vin, you're retarded, that makes no sense."

A man of independent judgment is a man of profound self-esteem.

I'm not a critic so much of my own writing. People must make up their own minds over that.

What matters finally is not the world's judgment of oneself but one's own judgment of the world.... Any writer who lacks this final arrogance will not survive very long in America.

One can often hear from the young people:" I do not want to live according to others' mind. I can think of it myself. " Why should one think of something, when it is already thought about. Take it and go farther, this is the strength of the mankind.

It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.

I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.

A self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable.

I'm very hard on myself when it comes to writing.

I'm not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don't give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.

If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.

Self-confidenc e alone is security. Your ability is your security. There is no security but you.

A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies goes off in my mind. That's not a question to ask anyone but yourself.

If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, you'll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself.

My weapon isn't my shot. It's me.