Kanye West Quotes

I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.

Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.

Love your haters, they’re your biggest fans.

I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.

I’m a perfectionist. I want things done the right way.

I refuse to not be me.

I’m doing pretty good as far as geniuses go.

I don’t want to say these really big over-the-top statements that end up getting quoted.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.

I’m going down as a legendary artist.

I want people to feel like it’s okay to create.

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?

We came into a broken world. And we’re the cleanup crew.

I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

It’s not about racism anymore, it’s classism.

Saying stuff like ‘you’re a genius’ makes it more likely that you are.

Bad taste is vulgar.

I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

I still think I am the greatest.

They say that the best thing you can do is not exist, but I completely disagree. The greatest thing that you could ever do is exist and prove them wrong.

We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.

You can’t look at a glass half full or empty if it’s overflowing.

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.

I am the voice of this generation.

I’m a creative genius and there’s no other way to word it.

My greatest pain in life is that I’ll never be able to see myself perform live.

I’m not comfortable with comfort.

I’ve been brought up in this way—I think I can’t work in love, I need to be in love.

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!

I think Twitter was designed specifically with me in mind, just my own form of communication.

I’m a pop enigma.

I think business has to be stupider. I want to do really straightforward, stupid business—just talk to me like a 4-year-old. And I refuse to negotiate. I do not negotiate. I can collaborate.

I am a proud non-reader of books.

I think that Kim is the most beautiful woman of all time.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I’m going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.

My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater.

When you’re the absolute best, you get hated on the most.

You can’t ask me what I’m thinking. I’m music. I know what a hit sounds like.

I am flawed as a human. I am flawed as a person. As a man, I am flawed. But my music is perfect. This is the type of impact I want to have on the earth.

I’m not a follower of Christianity. I’m a follower of Jesus.

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.

I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

I’m the type of rock star that likes to have a girlfriend, you know?

Just the fact that I’m in the mentions of legends, it’s so dope.

Nothing in life is promised except death.

I’m on the pursuit of awesomeness.

I’m convinced that my whole life has been an initiation.

Everyone says that Kanye’s so arrogant. Well, if you have an apple, don’t hide it.