Iggy Azalea Quotes

Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity.

I don't think about my look that much, to be honest. It's what I've always known, it's what I've grown up with, and I wouldn't ever want to step too far away from my most authentic self.

Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.

You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style.

I'm not like a persona. I'm not a caricature of myself.

We think we need to create ourselves, always doing a paste-up job on our personalities. That is because we're trying to be special rather than real. We're pathetically trying to conform with all the other people trying to do the same.

I find it a huge strain to be responsible for my tastes and be known and defined by them.

It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.

Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.

You've always made the mistake of being yourself.

Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you're supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self.

Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.

You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.

Whether at work, at home or in public, we have been trained to believe that who we are at the core of our being is often unacceptable. As a result, we work diligently to live up to - and sometimes down to - what others have made us out to be, whether or not it is an accurate reflection of who we are.

I'm a mom, but I don't always want to look just like that.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

It's lame to say that I'm a normal girl, but I think I am.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

It's fun to be a girl, and get dressed up, but that's not how I really am.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.