Best Expression Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I think, in general, as a writer, you can't really hide your values. They're always going to fall out onto the page, and I tend to trust that I don't have to force my ideals into the expression of what's going to happen naturally.”

“I can love people of every gender identity and expression. It is the soul that captivates me.”

“For so many years, people have used the expression 'poster boy of British MMA,' but I've never seen myself as that; I certainly never described myself as that.”

“There is nothing wrong with fashion - it should be a beautiful expression of who we are.”

“Fashion is being 'you.' It is a form of expression.”

“I truly believe that everyone can be creative; you just need to find your form of expression.”

“I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.”

“I notice that freedom of expression of an E.U. member of Parliament who denounces the actions of ISIS allows the French government to take her to court.”

“Hair color is just an expression of something different that you want to have, or something creative.”

“I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together.”

“I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'”

“I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.”

“I decided to have a life: to become - pardon the expression - a soccer mom.”

“How odd that the proponents of free expression think 'free' only applies to them.”

“All kinds of ways of expression are spreading out all over the place, information is overflowing, and it's harder and harder to be excited about anything.”

“Style, to me, is an extension of one's personality, a kind of self expression which is very personal. It is an expression of your moods, your personality.”

“It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.”

“The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.”

“Painting is a language of its own. You cannot interpret one form of expression with another form of expression.”

“I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.”

“When you look at women who have had plastic surgery, they have lost something - usually an expression, something unique to their face.”

“One of the things I had to really work on is, when you're the leader of an organization, people look at the expression on your face. Your mood has a lot to do with how people think the whole organization is doing.”

“Style is a form of expression! It's what makes your character your character, to put it in laymen's term.”

“I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.”

“When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high school. But history can be exciting, intellectually rigorous, and fun.”

“Coming where I'm coming from, really, my family name isn't a pressure because, you know, music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up. Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music.”

“I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through their brain.”

“Freedom of expression is very important.”

“If you can't prove it in words, it ain't gospel. Soul music is just an expression of the mind, but your spirit has to be made alive - that's the real part, the part that God speaks to.”

“There's no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I've seen to an expression I've heard someone use.”

“It wasn't like I picked a camera up in 1989 and stopped making music. I picked a camera up and found another form of expression.”

“You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.”

“What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.”

“I worry about my face not having expression. I've never been known for glamour, so it's probably easier for me than it is for someone who has been known for her incredible beauty and glamour. I always wanted to be Geraldine Page, who was just a fabulous actress with just a nice, normal, expressive face.”

“In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that's the best use of my time.”

“Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea.”

“I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.”

“My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.”

“When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.”

“The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music.”

“I have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression.”

“But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy.”

“Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.”

“Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.”

“Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.”

“In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.”

“The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely.”

“To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation.”

“Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.”

“When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.”

“Food is an international language, an expression of love.”

“We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.”

“American Sign Language requires a lot of facial and body expression.”

“It is very unnatural to dance while playing the violin. I had to practice so hard to learn how to do it, but now it is part of my expression, and it comes naturally. I have to know a song perfectly before I can even begin to move.”

“Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression.”

“With young singers, I try to give them the right technique, and when they are mature, we work on expression. Because if you are not sure technically, you can lose the way.”

“Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.”

“When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.”

“I wanted always to be a storyteller of the fullest expression.”

“I've done network shows. A director will call me and say, 'Do you want to do this with me?' and I'll say, 'Sure,' but I couldn't do it forever because there's no real expression. That's not how people talk.”

“My shoes are an expression of me, how I'm feeling.”

“That's what I love about the Internet. Even if it's small-scale and you're just posting on a forum, that's an uncensored expression. That's what I love.”

“Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.”

“In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.”

“A world view is probably an expression of self.”

“I give myself limits - not only financial limits, but I also limit my method of expression, and from within those limits, I try to come up with something new and interesting.”

“The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.”

“That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.”

“Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.”

“I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be... it's not art, it's expression.”

“I can't imagine a world where I wouldn't have the means of expression. When I talk to people who don't, it seems like they're really unhappy.”

“You can't be, like, smashing guitars against Marshall stacks all the time. As a matter of fact, after a while, it just looks like posing - it never really gets down to any message or any real expression.”

“Music has always been a part of my life. It's my way of expression.”

“Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?”

“Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.”

“I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.”

“I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.”

“A fever is an expression of inner rage.”

“Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.”

“I think that an industrial process is not like a rubber stamp. Everything has to be put together and, as such, should have its own expression.”

“I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.”

“Love is itself an expression of strength.”

“A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn't wear off. It could be with you for thirty years.”

“The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.”

“I think that expression is so great. So I'll look at someone like Prince, and one reason to lose weight is so I can rock that purple velvet outfit with the white frilly shirt.”

“I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.”

“As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.”

“Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.”

“Style is an expression of your individuality. Who you are and what your mood is, is what you wear.”

“In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.”

“Like most genres of literary expression, science fiction in China was subject to instrumentalist impulses and had to serve practical goals.”

“With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?”

“'Cougar' has become so distasteful. I really hate that expression.”

“It is true that independent music is risky, but the amount of freedom of expression it provides an artist overpowers this risk.”

“How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.”

“There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that would potentially infringe on users' rights to free expression and privacy.”

“It's important to understand your ownership pattern because it is an expression of the values that guide your life. The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.”

“Writing wasn't just a form of expression. It was a form of pathology by embarking on spoken word over and over and over again and reciting my poems.”

“I don't like to judge. Fashion is a form of expression, so to each their own.”

“To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.”