All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David BowieRead
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a desire to transcend human limitations and seek greater significance in life.
David Bowie reflects on an intrinsic ambition to exceed the ordinary human experience. This need to be 'more than human' suggests a yearning for deeper understanding, creativity, and a powerful presence in the world, highlighting the relentless pursuit of self-improvement and existential exploration.
Themes
AmbitionTranscendenceIdentityHumanitySelf-Improvement
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about personal growth and aspirations, this quote can inspire others to pursue their dreams.
More from David Bowie
All quotes βI guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
David BowieRead
Nothing prepared me for your smile
David BowieRead
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
David BowieRead
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
David BowieRead
I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.
David BowieRead
Similar quotes
Nothing that comes and goes is you. _x000D_ _x000D_ 'I am bored.' Who knows this? _x000D_ _x000D_ 'I am angry, sad, afraid.' Who knows this? _x000D_ _x000D_ You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.
Eckhart TolleRead
Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving.
George WhitefieldRead
[Islam] is the dynamic conviction that a person's spiritual and worldly responsibilities are one and the same, that an individuals duty to the community is indistinguishable from his or her duty to God.
Reza AslanRead
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
Samuel ButlerRead
Plato used the dialogue format because the exchange of views, the posing and answering of questions, showed that understanding is a living, dynamic process. He distrusted writing because the settled character of the written word makes it look as if truth can be fixed and made to stand still. It is worth remembering that this greatest advocate of the objective reality of truth also believed that our access to that truth was sustained in reasoned discussion.
John Churchill, 1St Duke Of MarlboroughRead
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
EpictetusRead