Quotes

I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

— Kanye West

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

— Kanye West

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

— 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

I liberate minds with my music. That’s more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

— Kanye West

Man, I’m the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.

— Kanye West

I still think I am the greatest.

— Kanye West

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

— Kanye West

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, ‘You’re finished. The shoe’s finished.’

— Kanye West

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

— Kanye West

“I’m not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.”

— David Lee Roth

“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I am the nucleus.”

— Kanye West

“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.”

— Madonna

“Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn’t.”

— Rufus Wainwright

“I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.”

— A. J. McLean

“Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take a look back because maybe I’m good-looking, right?”

— Justin Bieber

“We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Vanity is my favorite sin.”

— Al Pacino

“I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.”

— Kanye West