On Expression

I often find that the most common obstacle many of us face is our fear of expression. Whether it be anger, grief or love, we resist allowing ourselves the freedom to truly express ourselves. Perhaps because we’re afraid we’ll be “found out” - that our true selves are simply intolerable to others. Unfortunately, much of our life goes by, couching our expression or tailoring it so it seems more palatable to others.
Today, express your true feelings. Nobody will break. And if they do, that’s their problem, isn’t it?
The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.
Michael Jackson
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
Ansel Adams
Rock ‘n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
Frank Sinatra
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
George Bernard Shaw
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard Shaw
I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
Johnny Depp
My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.
W. Somerset Maugham
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
Madonna Ciccone
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
Amy Tan
One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.
Howard Zinn