Cesare Pavese Quotes

I'm history! No, I'm mythology! Nah, I don't care what I am, I'm free!

I want an identity outside of my work.

I needed to be myself and find my own identity.

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

I think that it doesn't matter if I travel all over the place. I'll always be a normal teenager on the inside. It always depends on how you act yourself, not what happens to you. That's my view of it all.

Like my freedom. If I feel like I'm being controlled, I get crazy. Because I know I made it this far by following my intuition. I think people like who I am, and I like who I am, and I want to be a better version of myself every single day. So stop controlling me!

I don't think a lot of people are like, "I'm just quirky!" Or if they are, it's a stage they're going through as they figure out who they are. I never felt like I was choosing roles that were quirky.

It's entirely possible to function as a free-thinking individual without succumbing to narcissism. This can be tricky at times, I suppose, but then so can the tango - particularly if you're dancing alone.

When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique.

I think it was a desire to be able to find my own voice. I think that was the big urge within me.

Every act is an act of self definition.

I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.

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 love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality.

I love to reinvent myself, and that's because I am a very free person. I do what I feel, and I love who I am.

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

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

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