126 Icon Quotes for You to Enjoy

It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm. Charles Jencks

Mark Open Any Icon Should

It would be wonderful to become what Oprah has become: she is in such a class of her own, as an entrepreneur, as a performer and an icon. The idea of building a series of programmes and choosing people that I think have talent to do them would be a very interesting idea. I would love to show that television can have soul, depth and range. Charlie Rose

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Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me. Chick Corea

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry. Corey Feldman

More Industry Than Icon Actor

When actors have the opportunity to play a larger-than-life icon - my wife did it with Tina Turner, and Jamie Foxx did it with Ray Charles - you have to make a decision how you go in. What do you start with? Where do you begin? Courtney B. Vance

I wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin' icon, you're not on the show, you know? DJ Khaled

Me You Part Know Because Thank Wanna Icon Show Choosing

Constantine 'Costa' Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business. Dan Pena

Ric Flair was such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. He's an icon. Darius Rucker

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The Guy Fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny - and I'm happy with people using it; it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way. David Lloyd

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I'm not afraid to use Christ as an icon. David Seltzer

Christ Afraid Icon Use

We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business. Deborah Cox

Business Song Recording Live Dream Mentors Main Outside Never Studio True Performed Come She Because Been Icon Whitney

For me, in a world full of armies of stylists and makeup artists, what I think truly makes a fashion icon is how a girl dresses when she's off duty and she has to put her own looks together - no small challenge! Derek Blasberg

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I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than master of one. If I became an icon, where my whole life was music, I would probably have become a vegetable. I wouldn't be able to have all these talents I have today and be an interesting 'character.' Dick Dale

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I am not an icon. Dimitar Berbatov

Am Icon

I don't think I am an icon. My team works hard on my look; I just wear what they suggest. Disha Patani

Think Wear Look Am Just Icon Hard Team Works Suggest

I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator. Donnie Yen

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Part of an icon's power comes from its indivisibility. The swoosh cannot be further deconstructed into its component parts. Just as golden arches mean McDonald's, and the little red tab means Levi's, the swoosh is Nike. The product is its icon, inseparably and without exception. To buy a pair of Nike shoes is to buy the Nike swoosh. Douglas Rushkoff

I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it. Edmund Hillary

Hate Like Just Being Icon

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon. Eric Stonestreet

Gay Thought Would Would-Be Somewhat Never Icon

If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way. Erica Durance

For just being a black artist in rock n' roll and be able to step outside and create, and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that's what I love about Jimi Hendrix's music - the way he plays the guitar is so different. He's just an icon all around. Future

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