Laurie Anderson Quotes

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given.

All of the spiritualities that are now clamoring for attention, from explicit Satanism to what we hear on Oprah, are concerned with the two issues of identity and empowerment. Who am I? How can I have the power to live? Those are the questions everyone has to deal with. If we don't come to terms with these, we lapse into some form of human decadence and failure.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

You want to live your life and live it just as fully and as deeply as you can. That's your deep well of reserve. That's where you get all your - the fodder for your work.

We all have that superhero inside us, but it's about tapping into it and embracing it and owning it.

As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

Your miracles are an inside job. Go there to create the magic that you seek in your life.

We are creators, and yet we naively play the role of "the created." We see ourselves as helpless sheep buffeted around by the God who made us. We kneel like frightened children, begging for help, for forgiveness, for good luck. But once we realize that we are truly created in the Creator's image, we will start to understand that we, too, must be Creators. When we understand this fact, the doors will burst wide open for human potential.

Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it?

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be.

Once you get clear on who you are, what you do, and what you have been CALLED to do, you become powerful.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.

You are not here to prove worthiness. You are here to extend the creation, creator, creating that you are.

You have sole custody of your life. Who you are today is not who you have to be tomorrow. Embrace the possibility of transformation.

We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen.

I think one day youll find that you're the hero you've been looking for.