Skateboarding is as much, or more, an art of mode of expression than it is a sport. What skateboarding has given me is precisely that: a form of expression that drew me to it, and, in so doing, I was able to express and be who I wanted to be through it, in a sense.
Interpretation
Skateboarding serves as a powerful medium for personal expression rather than just a competitive sport.
Rodney Mullen articulates that skateboarding transcends traditional definitions of a sport, positioning it instead as a form of art and personal expression. This perspective highlights how individuals can use skateboarding as a canvas to showcase their identity, emotions, and creativity, allowing them to fully express who they are and what they stand for through their skating style and techniques.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-expression, this quote can illustrate how sports can help individuals find their identity.
I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual; there were no teams, there were no captains, there was nothing to perfect. No style that had to be measured. It was completely opposite of what I saw in so many sports. It was creative. And to this day, that's what I love, that's always kept me back to it because it's endless creation.
The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.
Grain is life, there's all this striving for perfection with digital stuff. Striving is fine, but getting there is not great. I want a sense of the human and that is what breathes life into a picture. For me, imperfection is perfection.
One of the reasons why there are so many versions of Chekhov is that translations date in a way that the original doesn't; translations seem to be of their time.
People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
You're allowed to bore your friends and family, but to bore your audience is unforgivable.
I can’t worry too much about the everyday things. Otherwise I’d lose touch with my own world, that helps me as an artist, but it’s frustrating for the people around me. I’m vaguely functional, but there’s always something slightly off.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.