If there’s one thing Kanye excels at, it’s dropping major words of wisdom. He’s taught us to love ourselves (like, REALLY love ourselves), follow our dreams and believe in our own talents. Here are some of his best quotes from 2015:
1. “I appreciate everyone’s opinion but I refuse to have a lesser opinion about myself.”
2. “It’s not the concept of time, time with your family, time with your friends, the little time that we do have on earth and what we do with that..time is the only luxury. It’s the only thing you can’t get back. If you lose your luggage…you can get that back. You can’t get time back.”
3.”Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5,000 sweater. You know what should cost $5,000? A car should be $5,000. And you know who should work on the car? The people that work on the $500,000 cars. All the best talent in the world needs to work for the people.”
4. “Three years ago, after this interview I would have been on a train back to Paris to see the last of the shows and get that inspiration. Now I’m on the first flight back home to see my greatest inspiration, my daughter.”
5. “To let your life be controlled by public opinion would be like asking to sit in traffic for the rest of your life.”
6. “Fuck what people say, fuck what they think. I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for the generations to come.”
7. “I don’t have a name for him, but what I hope for him is that he can feel purpose. That he can learn that he has the opportunities.”
8. “We’re not going to teach low self-esteem and hate to our kids. We’re going to teach our kids that they can be something. We’re going to teach our kids that they can stand up for themselves. We’re going to teach our kids to believe in themselves.”
9. “I will die for the art, for what I believe in.”
9. “After I lost my mother, there was times I felt like, I would put my life at risk. I felt like sometimes I didn’t have something to live for. Now I have two really special people to live for.”
10. “Let me just explain something to everyone. I’m sorry. I’m a human being. I’ve got opinions, I’m not always right, I’m not always on time, I don’t always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure. My purpose is extremely just.”
11.”I dislike the concept of chic being the highest compliment for a human being. I’d rather someone be nice than to be chic.”
12. “If I had a daughter at that time would I have gone on stage and grabbed the mic from someone else?”
13. “It’s not about me. It’s about ideas. New ideas. People with ideas. People who believe in truth. And yes, as you probably could’ve guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president.”
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