Kanye West Quotes

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

I want to etch my name into the history books myself, both at club and international level.

We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men's mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men's keeping.

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

I hate to think of the day when nobody remembers me as an actor and I can't get good tables in restaurants.

Fame means so little about somebody when you come right down to it.

You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

I want to make a name for myself.

I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define the difference once again.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

I don't think fame is that important to me.