If you seek authenticity for authenticity’s sake you are no longer authentic. Jean-Paul Sartre
The weaker the data available upon which to base one’s conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity. Norman Augustine
Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place. Judith Wright
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. W H Auden
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. Rebecca West