Rene Char Quotes

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

I never wanted to be like anyone growing up. It's always been about the enjoyment, and I've just never wanted to imitate anyone.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.

No one will ever be as good at being you as you. So start there. Perfect is boring.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

I'd rather be a freak than a clone.

Express who you are in a world where everyone is the same.

Be original. The world will try to fit you into a mold, but carve your own path.

If I wasted my time trying to be like everybody else when I was 10 and 11, I wouldn't be me today. So if you are gonna be the future rockstars, the future somebody, whatever you wanna be then you're wasting your time trying to be somebody else, because you'll never get to you.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way.

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

I don't want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.

Everyone should pursue whatever is original in oneself. That's the way for a long life in music.

Through my unique style of playing, I want to prove that you don't have to conform to be accepted. The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are.

My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far, no one has.

My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.