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Top 45 Barbra Streisand Quotes on Art & Life (INSPIRING)

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

Top 10 Most Famous Barbra Streisand Quotes (BEST)

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. — Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out. — Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

The more we are in touch with our own gratitude, love, and compassion, the more we are able to give to others. — The more we are in touch with our own gratitude, love, and compassion, the more we are able to give to others.

A beautiful voice can only take you so far, but a great personality can take you all the way.

You have to believe in yourself, even when no one else does. That's the only way to achieve your dreams. — You have to believe in yourself, even when no one else does. That’s the only way to achieve your dreams.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. — You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

I think that anything that you do, any accomplishment that you make, you have to work for. And I've worked very hard in my life. — I think that anything that you do, any accomplishment that you make, you have to work for. And I’ve worked very hard in my life.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough. — The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.

The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment. — The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

4 Motivational Barbra Streisand Quotes About Art

Art is the highest form of hope. — Art is the highest form of hope.

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth. — Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

Art is there to make us think, to bring a message, to challenge our assumptions. That's why I love it. — Art is there to make us think, to bring a message, to challenge our assumptions. That’s why I love it.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

10 Inspirational Barbra Streisand Quotes About Life

“Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.”
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The greatest gift we can give to someone is our own happiness. — The greatest gift we can give to someone is our own happiness.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary. — There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

I've always tried to be true to myself, and that's helped me to reach a place where I'm comfortable with who I am. — I’ve always tried to be true to myself, and that’s helped me to reach a place where I’m comfortable with who I am.

I think empathy is the most important thing in the world. — I think empathy is the most important thing in the world.

You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, 'Go on, go on - you can do it!' — Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, ‘Go on, go on – you can do it!’

I'm a work in progress. — I’m a work in progress.

I'm not interested in being a 'diva.' I'm interested in being a human being. — I’m not interested in being a ‘diva.’ I’m interested in being a human being.

I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will It's my name, my likeness that goes out there. — I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.

4 Barbra Streisand Quotes on the Truth

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me. — I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it — Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

The audience is the barometer of the truth. — The audience is the barometer of the truth.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday. — I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

5 Barbra Streisand Quotes that Will Make You Think

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men — Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. — I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

I'm not weird, just different from people who aren't different. — I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong. — I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

2 Barbra Streisand Quotes on Life & Foods

Life's too short. Start with Dessert! — Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

5 Barbra Streisand Quotes on Love and Relationships

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married — Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he’s not the man she married?

Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong. — Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

There is nothing more important in life than love. — There is nothing more important in life than love.

Love comes from the most unexpected places.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. — Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

5 Barbra Streisand Quotes on Being a Singer and Celebrity

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

I'm not a businesswoman, I'm a creative woman. — I’m not a businesswoman, I’m a creative woman.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt. — I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

I'm not that interested in being a movie star. It's a lot of work, and it doesn't interest me as much as the work I do in the theater. — I’m not that interested in being a movie star. It’s a lot of work, and it doesn’t interest me as much as the work I do in the theater.

I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.

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