Authenticity

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is... See more

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

— Albert Camus

A big breakthrough for me – life as a whole – came when I figured out that making solid progress on creative work, and enjoying the process rather than hating it, is in large part a matter of being willing to be who you actually are.

Donald Glover in an interview with The New Yorker: “Authenticity is the journey of figuring out who you are through what you make.”

“People think you want them to do something or say something special...you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.” -John Lennon