At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.
Kristi Yamaguchi

Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label 'inspiration'.
Norman Lindsay

If you copy then it is not self-expression.
Michael Schenker

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.
John Turturro

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
C. Day Lewis

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
Pearl S. Buck

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
Fay Weldon

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention, shining this beam of light on their work, on their thoughts and their self-expression, is going to be absolutely transformative, because so many of the students have not had that ever before.
Dave Eggers

The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God.
Ernest Holmes