Porter Robinson Quotes

Every artist's strictly illimitable country is himself. An artist who plays that country false has committed suicide; and even a good lawyer cannot kill the dead. But a human being who's true to himself - whoever himself may be - is immortal; and all the atomic bombs of all the antiartists in spacetime will never civilize immortality.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

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.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.

Where he tells you exactly how he views the world - just very straight Kanye, honesty that definitely gets your creativity and strong opinions out on the floor. I think it helped me find myself.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

I've never been about just trying to do what works. I've been about trying to authentically express how I feel.

For me, the best way to be as an artist is to be completely yourself, letting that vulnerability come through.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

I think I'm just doing me, my music, my shows, and my stories.

No matter what I put out, no matter what genre - because I feel like I'm going to experiment with everything - I hope people will see that it's true to me, that it's honest, and nobody ever thinks that I'm inauthentic.

Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare us their morality when we write.

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?

Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus.

What is originality? It is being one's self, and reporting accurately what we see and are.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.

I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth.

There's the dual challenge of wanting to speak from an authentic place, and then being able to be honest about it. Even in the most mannered art, I think that's what people value, is a voice that comes from a real place.

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.