Tracey Emin Quotes

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf.

I think I built my reputation by not worrying about it.

I let my life, and success, speak for itself.

I'm not the new anything; I'm just Agyness.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

Being reasonably direct about what you're doing, being comfortable, is the best way to do things.

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.

I don't consider myself a massive self-promoter, and I don't feel I've ever had to behave in a way that didn't come natural to me in order to progress.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

The BBC called me 'defiant' in a caption. I plan to frame and put it on my wall.

I've been pretty transparent with all that I've done. I think my work speaks a lot for who I am. So, I don't think there's a particular thing I'd like them to know.

Always be natural. Putting on airs will make a giggle out of you. Be yourself and if you don't know something say so.

I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.

Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.

I would never deny the importance of the media, but I wouldn't go out of the way to splash my pictures all over town. I'd rather let my work do the talking.

If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?

I've never had to fight for a role. Call it my ego or my self-respect, but I won't pick up the phone and call a producer and fight or ask for a role. That's not me. I've always got the best, and my work speaks for itself.

My name? Of course it helps. If you've got it, use it. I'm proud of it, for sure.

The song 'My Way' is a very remarkable song. It is also difficult to sing because you've got to convince people that what you're singing about is the truth. It's a man who is very proud of having achieved everything that he's achieved his way.

I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.