Alessandro Michele Quotes

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

Even as a kid, I saw the world in my own way and thought most things that were different were beautiful and magical. Even things that other people thought were horrifying and disgusting and weird.

When you connect to someone on a human level, and you get to know about them, you can begin to love the things that make them different.

We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that's what it's all about.

You can be yourself in London. If you are a bit different in the way you dress or look it is no problem.

I think, with every kind of creature and every kind of human, there is no better. We're all just mutations, and I think that each mutation should be celebrated.

I'm very curious. I feel more comfortable surrounded by people not like me.

We're all different, and we have to accept and tolerate each other's characteristics.

I wish people would look at me and think, 'Well, someone like that exists!' Accept the difference.

Different isn't evil, it's just different.

Hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different. It's okay to stand out for whatever reason. Some people are just born that way and instead of trying to tear them down, learn something new. Be curious and open because maybe that's a pathway out for you, too.

At the end of the day, people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

I can appreciate anybody's passion for anything.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

People always ask 'Why is Bubba different?' They're just trying to figure it out.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

Different is not wrong.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

Different is good. Different is great!