Milan Kundera Quotes

People need to know who I am and where I'm coming from.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

The self is the modern substitute for the soul.

Also, where does your identity come from? Your memory, of course.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.

You don't wanna walk around and say, 'I'm somebody's niece, I'm somebody's cousin, I'm somebody's daughter. Who are you?' And I think that's always the challenge when you grow up in a well-known family, is ultimately, you have to face yourself in the mirror and say, 'Who are you? What have you done?'

A man with a soul is not like every other man.

I'm not a brand name, I'm a person.

How will we know it’s us without our past?

If you took my reading and writing out of my head, I don't know who I would be.

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

I'm petrified of reincarnation because, you know, I like being me.

I think, for me, it has been important to remain 'Petra from Fulnek.'

You know, I am who I am.

Fashion can really give you an identity if you're looking for one and I think the more people that know that, the less identity crises we'll have in the world.

They can give you all the pills on earth and do whatever - and you're still yourself.

I--this thought which is called I--is the mould into which the world is poured like melted wax.

A subject emerges from an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium.

I think self-expression is present at all times, and whether or not you're talking about the outside world or your responses to it depends on the moment and the subject.

I am who I am, you are who you are, and everything else is a perception based on acceptance, deception, smoke, mirrors, and so on. It's what's between us that seems to justify our accidental identities.

I always say that you are who you are and you can't hide it.

Never forget who you are, little star.

There are so many selves in everybody, and just to explore and exploit one is wrong, dead wrong, for the creative person.