Maurizio Cattelan Quotes

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.

You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.

I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean.

To leave in search of yourself, of your real needs, is easier when you don't have to justify yourself to anyone, when there are not too many people bestowing you their attention.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails. I'm my own person.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

We must know our limitations and expend our lives only in the cause of our independence.

There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.

I try not to think about anybody's reaction to what I do.

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that I walk, talk, shop, or date. When you start feeding off of that outside acceptance and accolades, you lose sight of what's actually real. Once you get there, it's kind of hard to double back.

The beauty of knowing yourself is nobody else has to.

No-one but me gets into my head.

I care about people, but if they try to control me, I don't care about them.

I don't let people affect me.

I think as I've gotten older and the things I've gone through, I'm not as concerned about what everybody thinks.

There is something so different and empowering about travelling solo. It's a unique experience and one that is so self-educating.

I don't have to justify my behaviour.

It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough.