“We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.” – Kanye West
“My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform life.” – Kanye West
“Nothing in life is promised except death.” – Kanye West
“I still think I am the greatest.” – Kanye West
“I’ll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.” – Kanye West
“Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the rising sun.” – Kanye West
“I care. I care about everything. Sometimes not giving a f#%k is caring the most.” – Kanye West
“My greatest award is what I’m about to do.” – Kanye West
“Our work is never over.” – Kanye West
“Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.” – Kanye West
“Believe in your flyness…conquer your shyness.” – Kanye West
“I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.” – Kanye West
“If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don’t appreciate the moment until it’s passed.” – Kanye West
“People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‘Cause think of all the people that you will please if you try.” – Kanye West
“People say I have a bad reputation. I think I’ve got the best reputation in the building.” – Kanye West
“I’m on the pursuit of awesomeness, excellence is the bare minimum.” – Kanye West
“I feel that I’m very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.” – Kanye West
“Living well eliminates the need for revenge.” – Kanye West
“If I don’t scream, if I don’t say something then no one’s going to say anything.” – Kanye West
“Why are people so afraid of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.” – Kanye West
“I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.” – Kanye West
“One of my biggest Achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.” – Kanye West
“I always feel like I can do anything. That’s the main thing people are controlled by: thoughts and perceptions of yourself…If you’re taught you can’t do anything, you won’t do anything.” – Kanye West
“People always tell you ‘Be humble. Be humble.’ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!” ” – Kanye West
“Justice could just be clearing a path for people to dream properly.” – Kanye West
“Creative output, you know, is just pain. I’m going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.” – Kanye West
“For me giving up is way harder than trying.” – Kanye West
“Most people are slowed down by the perception of themselves. If you’re taught you can’t do anything, you won’t do anything. I was taught I can do everything.” – Kanye West
“I want people to feel like it’s okay to create. It’s okay to not be boxed in. I want people to feel like awesome is possible.” – Kanye West
“I’m pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people’s bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.” – Kanye West
“I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.” – Kanye West
“I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.” – Kanye West
“People will have a problem with whatever you do. At the end of the day, nobody can determine what you need to do in order to be successful and why would you listen to someone who is not successful tell you what you need to do?” – Kanye West
“When you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.” – Kanye West
“People never change. They just become better at hiding who they really are.” – Kanye West
“Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go.” – Kanye West
“They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.” – Kanye West
“Memories have to be our most painful blessing.” – Kanye West
“I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we’ve seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka…and welcome to my chocolate factory.” – Kanye West
“You can’t look at a glass half full or empty if it’s overflowing.” – Kanye West
“I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness!” – Kanye West
“Know your worth! People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.” – Kanye West
“Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?” – Kanye West
“You’ve got to be really dialled into exactly who you are to the one hundredth power of you’re just like everyone else.” – Kanye West
“Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe.” – Kanye West