Top 300 Kanye West Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Success is the best revenge.”

— Kanye West

2. “Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Self-Belief Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Artist Quotes

3. “Everyone’s always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Greatness Quotes

4. “Everything I’m not makes me everything I am.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Identity Quotes

5. “Love your haters – they’re your biggest fans.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Haters Quotes

6. “If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself. You will believe in yourself. I’m just the espresso.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Personal Branding Quotes, Ego Quotes

7. “Nothing in life is promised except death.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Sad Quotes About Life, Demotivational Quotes

8. “For me giving up is way harder than trying.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Hustle Quotes, Life is Hard Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Keep Going Quotes, Quitting Quotes

9. “We gonna touch the sky.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Hustle Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Quotes About Songs, Sky Quotes

10. “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

— Kanye West

11. “I hate when I’m on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle.”

— Kanye West

12. “Having money isn’t everything, not having it is.”

— Kanye West

13. “Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe.”

— Kanye West

14. “Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.”

— Kanye West

15. “If you know you’re the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best. NO EXCEPTIONS.”

— Kanye West

16. “If you admire somebody, you should go ahead and tell them. People never get the flowers while they can still smell them.”

— Kanye West

17. “What doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Life is Hard Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Survival Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes

18. “The plan was to drink until the pain is over, But what’s worse, the pain or the hangover?”

— Kanye West

19. “I’m a creative genius and there’s no other way to word it.”

— Kanye West

20. “I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.”

— Kanye West

Featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Rejection Quotes

21. “They say your attitude determines your latitude...”

— Kanye West

22. “I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.”

— Kanye West

23. “This is my life homie, you decide yours.”

— Kanye West

24. “No one man should have all that power.”

— Kanye West

25. “For me to say I wasn’t a genius I’d just be lying to you and to myself.”

— Kanye West

26. “You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.”

— Kanye West

27. “Hate and love are very similar emotions. The opposite of love is you don’t care.”

— Kanye West

28. “Wait ’till I get my money right...”

— Kanye West

29. “Everything in the world is exactly the same.”

— Kanye West

30. “Know your worth! People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.”

— Kanye West

31. “I’m typing so f-ing hard I might break my f-ing Mac book Air!!!!!!!!”

— Kanye West

32. “50 told me go head and switch the style up and if they hate, let ’em hate, watch the money pile up.”

— Kanye West

33. “Fur pillows are actually hard to sleep on.”

— Kanye West

34. “My Caps Lock Key Is Loud!”

— Kanye West

35. “I’m on the pursuit of awesomeness, excellence is the bare minimum.”

— Kanye West

36. “If you’re taught you can’t do anything you won’t do anything, I was taught I could do everything.”

— Kanye West

37. “Fonts. I get emotional over fonts.”

— Kanye West

38. “We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.”

— Kanye West

39. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the internet is our new Rome.”

— Kanye West

40. “I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.”

— Kanye West

41. “Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?”

— Kanye West

42. “Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.”

— Kanye West

43. “Sometimes I feel the music is the only medicine.”

— Kanye West

44. “If I don’t win, the award show loses credibility.”

— Kanye West

45. “If you fall on concrete, that’s yo ass fault.”

— Kanye West

46. “I make all my own decisions and I take full responsibility.”

— Kanye West

47. “My attitude is tattooed that means it’s permanent.”

— Kanye West

48. “I’m a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph.”

— Kanye West

49. “I guess every superhero need his theme music.”

— Kanye West

50. “I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.”

— Kanye West