44 Edgy Quotes: Tap Into Infinite Courage

Living on the edge can be exciting and full of adrenaline. It can also be risky and impractical. Find your balance between safety and teetering on the edge by reading these 44 quotes.

Playing it safe is, admittedly, an intelligent way to live. By taking this route, one can never get hurt, they don't risk rejection, and their lives will be comfortable and safe. That being said, playing it safe isn't always the wisest path.

While one doesn't have to throw all caution to the wind, incorporating some edgy style, risky personal decisions, and creating art that pushes boundaries can pay off in massive ways. Read the 44 quotes below to get a peek into what it's like to live on the edge.

Ashley Benson's quote: "I had a gothic phase, and now I'm more edgy chic.” | Image: AmoDays

Edgy Style and Fashion Sense Quotes

"I'm not just edgy, and I'm not just into a tomboy look, and I'm not just girly. I do what I want, and if I like something, I'll wear it." — Sadie Sink

"My personal style is kind of sophisticated edgy, I guess. I wear a lot of black, and it's what I feel comfortable in." — Demi Lovato

"I had a gothic phase, and now I'm more edgy chic." — Ashley Benson

"I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance." — Krysten Ritter

"Men and women shop very differently, and where women are open to edgy, conceptual looks, very, very few men are." — Michael Bastian

Ariana Grande’s quote: "I like very girly, retro-inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy." | Image: AmoDays

"I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish, and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television." — Brittany Snow

"I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together." — Victoria Justice

"I can pull off a range of outfits from nice, edgy suits to more rugged, casual looks. Your look one day can be totally different than the next day, and for me, it's all about owning that." — Mookie Betts

"One dress I love—for me, it's a little edgy—it's sleeveless. It's black, and it's leather. I've worn it on TV." — Dana Bash

"I like very girly, retro-inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy." — Ariana Grande

Sadie Sink’s quote: "I'm not just edgy, and I'm not just into a tomboy look, and I'm not just girly. I do what I want, and if I like something, I'll wear it." | Image: AmoDays

"I guess my style's a little edgy but comfortable. I like being comfortable, for sure, and kind of casual." — Kendall Jenner

Edgy Quotes about the Arts

"While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative….the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember." — Twyla Tharp

"I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging." — Adam Clayton

Yelawolf’s quote: "I'm always gonna have the darker, edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.” | Image: AmoDays

"I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy." — Kaya Scodelario

"I got so discouraged I almost stopped writing. It was my 12-year-old son who changed my mind when he said to me, 'Mother, you've been very cross and edgy with us, and we notice you haven't been writing. We wish you'd go back to the typewriter.' That did a lot of good for my false guilts about spending so much time writing. At that point, I acknowledged that I am a writer, and even if I were never published again, that's what I am." — Madeleine L’Engle

"The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing." — Jack Valenti

"Mary Mackey joins other visionary poets of payment...recovering a lost part of herself in the edgy lyricism of the tropics, haunted by fado, for, and death. The lines are tense with the vulnerability of lovers, strangers, and travelers with no ticket home." — Dennis Nurkse

"I definitely feel like my blog is going edgy, to broad and boring." — Joichi Ito

Beth Riesgraf’s quote: "I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little—edgy." | Image: AmoDays

"In my own life as a reader, I experience real moments of alienation when a writer feels too perfect, or like even the flaws they are admitting are somehow noble, or dysfunctional in an overly edgy, aesthetically pleasing way." — Leslie Jamison

"I’ve been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine—anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller to a detective. If anything, I'd like Gary Oldman's career: he's the perfect example of it. I've love to have a really broad sweep of characters—to be able to do something edgy, surprising, and unfashionable." — Benedict Cumberbatch

"I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy." — Ja Rule

"Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio, and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think." — Clint Black

"I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little—edgy." — Beth Riesgraf

Kendall Jenner’s quote: "I guess my style's a little edgy but comfortable. I like being comfortable, for sure, and kind of casual." | Image: AmoDays

"I think people like watching edgy things." — Ray Liotta

"Hip-hop, for me, has always been hardcore and edgy." — Yelawolf

Embracing Your Edginess Quotes

"I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude." — Hope Solo

"I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy." — Robert Redford

Hope Solo’s quote: "I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude." | Image: AmoDays

"I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy." — Patrice O'Neal

"People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental." — Christa Miller

Quotes That Will Keep You on Edge

"People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective." — Charles Bukowski

"I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality, and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy." — John Cleese

"Eddie Drake is sort of this loose cannon, funny, edgy guy who has this really foolish, foolish mustache." — Lee Tergesen

Billy Lawrence’s quote: "Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.” | Image: AmoDays

"I don't get to be edgy and angry, but the rewards are that I'm generally quite happy with my day. I spend an awful lot of time in a good mood." — Raul Esparza

"I like that New York sensibility where you can be edgy but still super-glamorous." — Leven Rambin

"Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way." — Billy Lawrence

"Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music." — Michael Birch

Warren Ellis’ quote: "You're miserable, edgy, and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism." | Image: AmoDays

"I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things." — Steve Carell

"Edgy is fine—I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination—but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that." — Carol Burnett

"My habit would have been to veer towards the dark—to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognizant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect." — George Saunders

"You're miserable, edgy, and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism." — Warren Ellis

"You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge. Apologize for mistakes. Apologize for unintentionally hurting someone—profusely. But don't apologize for being who you are." — Danielle LaPorte

Steve Carell’s quote: "I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things." | Image: AmoDays

Edginess can be found in many aspects of our lives, from our personalities, style, art, and so much more. While forcing ourselves to be edgy won't work, it can be healthy to tap into that part of ourselves and play around with it until it becomes embodied.

We all have many facets to our personalities, which come up in different parts of our lives; we simply need to continue to find ourselves repeatedly, treating it like an adventure within.

Whatever you are and become, it's essential to learn how to express that confidently. To help yourself do this, read these 42 freaky quotes to let your true, weird, goofy self shine.