May Sarton Quotes

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.

I can't fake emotion.

I try to be genuine. I try to be real. It's such a subjective thing, but I try to convey an emotion.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend.

An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false.

I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.

It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.

People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

My work has always been about authentic feeling, and I think we live in a time where we need that.

I never smile unless I mean it.

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.

I only do what comes from the heart.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

Don't try to impress people. Always be yourself!

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the time or always happy - I don't think it matters. If you're having bad day, show you're having a bad day. Don't try to put up something that's fake.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.