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"None of my art is based on how others think i should have done it."
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"Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague."
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"When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality."
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"None of my art is based on how others think i should have done it."
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"When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect."
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"The most important trait of a writer is an authentic voice. Writers have to have faith in their own voice, and their own way of doing things. Originality is the gem that every writer possesses. Originality also brings on the most merciless attacks. The world resents originality in the beginning writer, and then rewards it abundantly once that writer has been successfully published. Cherish your own voice. Don't try to sound like anybody else. Sound like yourself and take the slings and arrows and keep going."
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"Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency."
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"Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that oddity was our advantage."
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"Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with."
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"People who copy you will always be one step behind."
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"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."
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"If you had the option to pray for me or fight with me, you better choose the fight."
Courage
"I've never believed in anything or anybody that needed constant praise."
Values
"If you weren't built for this life, you'd be dead by now. i think the problem is people don't share enough of their pain with the world, so they never know who else is in pain, too, and what others are going through. we're never really alone in anything."
Support
"Some days I feel like I will die for them. Some days, with them."
Devotion
"I will help build your museum. When you run out of space to hang your work. You can hang your work in mine."
Support
"Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they?"
Culture
"The walls around the hood keep the people on the inside from the changes on the outside."
Boundaries
"Hater" and "hate" are used when no critical thought can be formed. We can definitely do better."
Critique
"I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all."
Isolation
"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."
Creation
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