Identity Display Quotes

Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are, to display their identity by their stance on what they are writing about. Criticism should never be about the critic, but thats what it has become, and that’s why no one cares about them anymore.

By reshaping or decorating our outer selves, we express our inner sense of self: 'I like that' becomes 'I'm like that.'

There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.

You'll still get guys with an array of badges to demonstrate their importance, but that just excludes people. I think fandom is more inclusive now.

I wear my Judaism on my sleeve - and my face for that matter.

What I wear is an extension of how I feel, so it's always changing.

People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You put on all these medals to show who you are.

I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.