Andres Serrano Quotes

I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I am the sibling, daughter, sister, the friend of somebody, and I need to know who I am outside of that.

There's nothing harder than defining oneself.

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

I know who I am and what I do.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

People want to know more about me. They want to know who I am.

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

I've always been fascinated by this idea of who we are versus who we want to be.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

I know what my identity is.

Who are we? Whom do we want to become? How do we perceive ourselves? How do we want to be perceived? These questions of identity are often at the core of our own internal struggles. Resolve them, and you are closer to being free.

My identity will always inform my experience and shape my perception. But I am an unremarkable person.

My self encompasses a lot of different things.

It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

First you have to know who you are. That is the most important thing, as if you don't know who you are you will either get swallowed up or you follow some unsuitable trends and just become a nonentity.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.