“Authentic is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?”

— Petina Gappah

On being considered an authentic Zimbabwean writer in “Petina Gappah interview: ‘I’ve written a very Zimbabwean story – we keep a lot of family secrets’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/05/petina-gappah-interview-ive-written-very-zimbabwean-story in The Guardian (2015 Sep 5)

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Zimbabwean writer, journalist and business lawyer 1971

Lester Bangs (1948–1982) American music critic and journalist

"The Clash" (December 1977), p. 227
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988)

“What makes people stay on your side is that believability, that authenticity. . . . . You don't need to talk about the policy details as much as you should give people a reason to trust you.”

Katie Hill (politician) (1987) former U.S. Representative from California

Source: interview https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/katie-hill-california-democrat-738027/ with Rolling Stone (2018)

“Leadership is about authenticity and transparency. And being there. Being there as much as you can. There's a fearlessness to it."”

Jonathan Bailey (1988) British actor

"Jonathan Bailey: Jonathan Bailey is Redefining the Hollywood Heartthrob" on TIMEs Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oitewpYmQdY&ab_channel=TIME (13 May 2022)

“There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth.”

Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic

"Six Asides About Culture"
Living in Truth (1986)
Context: There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. … Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.