“Be still and enjoy your own imagination.”

About Kanye West

Born 1977

American rapper, songwriter, producer, designer, and entrepreneur whose work has shaped contemporary hip-hop, fashion, and popular culture.

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“I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.”

“I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me.”

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“People always say you can't please everybody. I think you can.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it.”

“There is a science of intelligent living, an art of being fully human, in which we all can and ought to be creative.”

“A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.”