Kat Von D.

“You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish...”

“To me, the haircut represented beauty and strength, that I was a woman who would live her life without the boundaries imposed upon her by other people.”

“We are the masters of our reality.”

“Where you come from, what you look like, and what your past holds do not define you as an individual--you are what you make yourself to be.”

“Strength doesn't necessarily come from resisting fear, weakness, or any other feeling and overcoming it. Strength comes from looking at those things straight on--and accepting them as they really are.”

“Who are your heroes? Why do you look up to them? Why do we respect those who live and think for themselves as opposed to doing what is expected? We all admire the idea of living a life unbound by thoughts of fear. People who seem to live that dream inspire us to want to do the same. They mirror the qualities that we possess but are too scared to access.”