Pina Bausch Quotes

We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.

When I go out and talk to people about how unique they are as a human being and that there's a niche for them that they need to follow through on for their lives, it's what I truly believe in.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

For me, life isn't about being recognized or having everyone know who I am. That's not why I'm here. To me, my foundation is the most important thing I do or have ever done. That's what my life is about.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Everybody grows in their own way.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.

If you're really being honest with yourself when you're acting, part of it is touching the real you. You can only separate yourself so much from the character. Those vulnerable moments do touch me.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.

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