I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
Madonna CicconeRead
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.
Interpretation
Everyone has the potential to improve and transform themselves regardless of their past.
Madonna Ciccone's quote emphasizes the idea that transformation and personal growth are accessible to everyone. It underscores the belief that one's identity and history do not define their future potential, encouraging individuals to pursue self-improvement and embrace change as a means to become the best version of themselves.
In practice
Use this quote in a motivational speech about self-development.
I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
i won't be happy until i'm famous like God
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it...
I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents are making such a change in the world right now. The more open-minded these kids are being raised, the more hope I have for the future.
The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive.
Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief. There are no shortcuts; it has to be gone through.
I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Once you have identified with some form of negativity, you do not want to let it go, and on a deeply unconscious level, you do not want positive change. It would threaten your identity as a depressed, angry or hard-done by person. You will then ignore, deny or sabotage the positive in your life. This is a common phenomenon. It is also insane.
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