Top 110 Authenticity Quotes

There’s just something, maybe it’s the authenticity. I think that’s the appeal and why people choose to watch really unpolished and unprofessional videos on YouTube over these multi-million dollar television shows.

If there’s one theme in all my work, it’s about authenticity and self-expression. It’s the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you – or express what you and others aren’t.

I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.

I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through.

Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.

I once wrote that Lord Moran, Churchill’s doctor, had doctored his diaries as well as his famous patient. That was true but unfair. Although their authenticity as contemporary, daily accounts is often questionable, the observations are quite wonderful.

There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn’t back in the days when they did ‘Cleopatra,’ where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.

I think when people listen to music, they can truly feel authenticity. For me personally, as a listener, there’s certain songs where I’m just like, ‘Man, I know that person was really feeling that.’

With ‘Divergent’ and ‘Insurgent,’ there isn’t great emphasis on uniformity; it’s a vigilante military, the state is in disarray, and there is no reference point for authenticity, so it’s just weapons work and circumstantial fighting.

I never try and tune anything out. I think that’s a mistake. You want to bring all the honest stuff that’s going on inside you into your work. Otherwise, you’re keeping a lot of authenticity out.

Authenticity in branding requires a step by step, measured methodology that doesn’t veer from a brand’s key identity.

I’m always looking for authenticity in my films. They’re based in realism.

I’m one of those people, when I see a film, I believe it to be true. You know, sort of the authenticity of the camera and seeing things on a screen.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange – so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that – someone who’s kind of normal just doesn’t feel as true.

If you’re trying to write something that you don’t understand and embrace at the very core of you, it’s not going to turn out with quite the authenticity and passion it should have.

If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community.

There’s a generation that doesn’t care if Tom Cruise is at the top of the movie. They want authenticity.

Our vulnerability is that both blacks and whites can use our impossible racial authenticity against us. Both races can throw up our mixed background to challenge our authority to speak.

With so much of music blurring the lines between ersatz and authenticity, at least the ‘Rock Band’ game is a tribute to rock rather than an affront.

We have to preserve folk in its authenticity. Else folk will become fake.

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It’s a place you can come to escape, where there’s authenticity, there’s uniqueness, there’s calm, there’s physicality.

It’s never too late to try authenticity.

Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. I’m not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.

Authenticity can’t be replicated or faked. You’re either real or you’re not.

What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide, but existential authenticity each person must find on her own… the angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability.

There’s a sense of authenticity that comes with ‘Ebony.’ There are very few national media outlets that are majority-African-American owned and really speak to our community with a sense of pride, authority, and ownership. That’s what we do.

Michael Fassbender is just a creative force: he finds authenticity in singularity with what he brings, and it’s always authentic. He doesn’t try to be creative and different for the sake of it.

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.

Museums provide places of relaxation and inspiration. And most importantly, they are a place of authenticity. We live in a world of reproductions – the objects in museums are real. It’s a way to get away from the overload of digital technology.

Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way. This is a key reason why voters routinely associate Trump with authenticity: He rarely pauses.

Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. I’m not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.

I want authenticity, I don’t want players to make a show. I want players to be able to be themselves on court and express all kinds of emotions.

I respond to authenticity and originality, and I’ve been a fan of Don Winslow’s ever since ‘The Power Of The Dog.’

When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.

Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.

Americans care a lot about authenticity, rightly so. Every election is a quest for the genuine article. This is precisely what makes the long con of American politics such a rich and mystifying study.

The hallmarks of the ‘Brothers in Arms’ series are about authenticity, squad combat, brotherhood between soldiers.

People love authenticity in comedy and, coming from a region, you get a very strong sense of place. They can place you straight away, so they can relax.

What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I’m writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn’t have.

The thing I learned about being in this industry is the core of hosting and the core of acting is authenticity. So if you’re just real in those moments, no matter what you’re doing, that’s what translates and makes you successful.

The audience will show up if you have authenticity. Like ‘Moonlight,’ there was stuff in there that is so specific to that community where the filmmakers grew up. Even if I don’t understand everything they’re talking about, I will love it if I feel that it’s real.

Some of the sexiest things to me in a man are confidence, authenticity, honesty, kindness and masculinity.

Our generation, I think, has a demand for authenticity that exceeds any prior generation.

People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.

The movie that really ‘did it for me’ was ‘All About Eve.’ The backstage feeling, the authenticity, the passion those people had for their lives in the theater. I must say, the movie ‘All About Eve,’ what a great movie! ‘All About Eve’ had a profound effect on my life.

I think people can read authenticity and they know when you’re involved and when you’re just slapping your name on something.

Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity.

I think authenticity is the name of the game.

I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something’s authentic, and you can feel when it’s not: you know when someone’s trying to make the club record, or trying to make the girl record, or trying to make the thug record. It’s none of that. It’s just my emotions.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

If I go way back to Loretta Lynn, I always cite her as being able to capture what I think is every woman’s story… she very openly used her art as an expression of what she was going through in her life. So that authenticity is something I admire.

I take particular care in authenticity and specificity when working in cultures not my own. Every aspect of the filmmaking here was meticulously researched, and not just by me but across every department.

Authenticity, living your truth, kindness – these are necessary virtues.

I’m all about authenticity.

The worst frame of mind to be in is what the fans like or what the fans want, because then you lose the authenticity of who you are as an artist and who you are as a person.

Perhaps the right to authenticity and the reverence of authenticity should be reserved for people like John McCain. John McCain who at his most authentic chose to stay and face years of torture rather than leave before his brothers.

It’s not about just diversity; it’s about authenticity. Audiences are really excited to see more of themselves on the screen.

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.

Classical dance is so pure and beautiful you don’t need to add anything to its authenticity or beauty.

More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving norms of communication that are being enabled and encouraged by technology and the matrix of connectivity that defines modern life: authenticity over authority, surprise over consistency, celebrity over experience.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

If you hang around political talkers or strategists much, you’re likely to hear a lot about authenticity. This is supposed to be the golden currency which we all look for in our leaders.

Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward.

I’m writing from a place of – a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to ‘win independents’ runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as – or more than – any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.

Young people are craving something real, craving authenticity.

Please don’t compare the nature and authenticity of ‘Queer Eye’ to ‘The Bachelor.’

Here’s the key to Jamaica, the secret to Jamaican dancehall parties, no matter where you are in the world. If you do not see Japanese people, you’re at the wrong party. They source authenticity like no other culture I’ve ever seen.

Authenticity is hella important.

Authenticity is extremely important and throughout the pageant Miss Universe looks for that.

Don’t worry about what’s cool and what’s not cool. Authenticity is what’s cool.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward.

People are just looking for honesty and authenticity more than anything.

Authenticity is really important, and sometimes that’s really hard to get.

When people ask me who I’d want to have dinner with, dead or alive, I always say, ‘John Lennon.’ I just feel that he was an artist who was, in his own way, committed to wholeness and authenticity in a not dissimilar way that I am years later.

Theatrically seeing a movie with a group of people and having a collective experience has an authenticity that you can’t get with your big screen television.

Authenticity has never been Barbie’s strong suit.

Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

A lot of the music I was inspired by growing up – college rock, DIY, what they used to call indie rock – has a value system where truth-telling and authenticity are oppositional with mass media, showbiz, and commerce.

‘Detroit 1-8-7’ – the numbers are police slang for murder – is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it’s been through.

What is driving the tendency to discount Joseph Smith’s revelations is not that they seem less reasonable than those of Moses; it is that the book containing them is so new. When it comes to prophecy, antiquity breeds authenticity. Events in the distant past, we tend to think, occurred in sacred, mythic time.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

I want people to know my come-up, my grind, my authenticity. I don’t come from rich parents. I just come from hustle.

I think, at the end of the day, it comes down to authenticity and creating what you love.

Authenticity is my life.

I think authenticity is the name of the game.

Authenticity doesn’t just mean you’re not filtering what you’re saying, it’s about being able to know and access the best parts of yourself and bring them forward.

The advent of Google+ and the emergence of the personalized web means this is more true than ever. Brands, and their advertising partners, must wake up to this challenge and define themselves with clarity, consistency and authenticity. Otherwise they just might find themselves shouting in a ghost town.

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you’re an artist who’s making something which isn’t how its mainstream appearance should be, there’s always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be ‘real’ as a rapper.

It’s not about just diversity; it’s about authenticity. Audiences are really excited to see more of themselves on the screen.

We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it’s the same with games. There’s a completist part to many of us that can’t rest until we reach the perfect 100% finish point.

What people look for in their leaders is authenticity. You say, ‘I’m not going to ask you to do anything that I’m not going to do myself.’

‘The Fifth Gospel’ is set entirely inside the Vatican and told from the perspective of a Catholic priest. I’m not Catholic myself, yet authenticity and factual accuracy are very important to me, so the novel required an enormous amount of research.

You have to be savvy and sharp and also straightforward with your customer. I think that authenticity is really important.

New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I’m really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, ‘I miss the old New York.’ But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it’s painted over.

Each year, tens of millions of museumgoers walk through the entrance of the Getty, or the Metropolitan or the Prado or the Hermitage, and never consider the possibility of having to arbitrate for themselves the authenticity of what they have come to see.

A chap can go too far in the pursuit of authenticity.

The thing that has always struck me is that there has always been a bit of a hole at YouTube when it comes to authenticity, human emotion, fun and play.

Authenticity is absolutely the key to a great tweet.

Authenticity is very important – be true to one’s self.

I love British television. I love the irony, I love the authenticity and I love the roles I get put up for.

The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.

I want people to know my come-up, my grind, my authenticity. I don’t come from rich parents. I just come from hustle.

Authenticity is key.

There’s an authenticity in just being who you are and not having an act about it or wear clothes you normally wouldn’t wear. I’m just comfortable in my own skin.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That’s how I feel now, no matter what you’re doing.

‘If Our Love Is Wrong’ is, quite simply, my coming out song, as I was trying to wrap my head around my sexuality and was starting to learn about songwriting, and that my honesty and my authenticity came from my personal experiences and writing about stuff that genuinely bugged me or upset me.

‘Authentic’ is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?