Pop legend David Bowie left us in early 2016. His legacy is unmatched, being recognized worldwide as an innovator, the late Bowie reinvented his five decades career (!), visually and sonically time and time again.
Known as the Chameleon of Rock, Bowie was a trendsetter, pioneering many styles and looks, either in music or in image.
He shocked many but influenced many more to this day.
Of course his looks and music were an expression of who he truly was, David Bowie had a special way of thinking and mindset of his own about life issues.
David Bowie quotes are unmatched like his music, he has words of wisdom, faith, courage, and some controversial (of course) that can really make you think and go deep on your approach to life.
Get inside the mindset of this legend, as we bring you our selection of the best David Bowie quotes for you to get inspired:
33 David Bowie Quotes About Life To Inspire You
1. “I always had a repulsive need to be
something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that.
I want to be a superhuman.” ― David
Bowie
2. “There's a terror in knowing what the world
is about” ― David Bowie
3. "As you get older, the questions come
down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got
left?" - David Bowie
4. "Talking about art is like dancing
about architecture." - David Bowie
5. “The moment you know you know you
know.” ― David Bowie
6. “Speak in extremes, it'll save you time. ” ―
David Bowie
7. “No more free steps to heaven.” ― David Bowie
8. “The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that
I can steal from.” ― David Bowie
9. "You can neither win nor lose if you
don't run the race." - David Bowie
10. “Tomorrow belongs to those who
can hear it coming.” ― David Bowie
11. “It's always time to question what has
become standard and established.” ― David
Bowie
12. “I'm just an individual who doesn't feel
that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working
for me.” ― David Bowie
13. "I'm an instant star. Just add water
and stir." - David Bowie
14. “Don't let me hear you say life takes you
nowhere, angel.” ― David Bowie
15. "I don't care what anybody
says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do.” ― David Bowie
16. "Confront a corpse at least once. The
absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation
you will ever have." - David Bowie
17. “I'll paint you moments of gold, I'll spin
you Valentine evenings...” ― David Bowie
18. "People have attention spans of five
seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.” ― David Bowie
19. "Fame itself… doesn’t really afford
you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.” - David Bowie
20. “Turn and face the strange.” ― David Bowie
21. “I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man,
just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.” ― David Bowie
22. “I'm a born librarian with a sex drive” ― David Bowie
23. “We can be "heroes" just for one
day.” ― David Bowie
24. "Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out
and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up
in." David Bowie
25. “I always had a repulsive need to be something
more than human.” ― David Bowie
26. “Once you lose that sense of wonder at
being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...” ― David Bowie
27. “If it works, it's out of date.” ― David Bowie
28. "I suppose for me as an artist it
wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than
anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture I was living in."
- David Bowie
29. “I don't know where I'm going
from here, but I promise it won't be boring.” ― David Bowie
30. "I wanted to prove the sustaining
power of music." - David Bowie
31. "I've never responded well to
entrenched negative thinking." - David
Bowie
32- "All my big mistakes are when I try to
second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very
selfish about it." - David Bowie
33. "The greatest thing you'll ever learn
is just to love and be loved in return." - David Bowie
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