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The best quotes from Kanye West's Oxford University talk

By Jessica Derschowitz

March 2, 2015 / 1:35 PM EST / CBS News

Kanye West had some fun with his speech at Oxford University

The best quotes from Kanye West at his Oxford University lecture 00:43

"If I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there's hope for everyone."

That's just one of the many pieces of wisdom the rapper apparently shared with students during a talk at Oxford University in England on Monday.

The talk came together after "many hours" of negotiations, Oxford Guild chairman Abbas Kazmi said, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, adding that it would be a "fascinating and memorable event."

Fascinating and memorable, indeed. According to The Tab Oxford, about 350 people attended the talk at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, where the rapper entered to a minute-long standing ovation and then began spouting Kanye-isms about music, art and fashion.

Sneaky pic of Yeezy from earlier. #OnSight #YeezOx pic.twitter.com/VAkOwylIXj
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

Here are a few highlights, quoted via Twitter:

"My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater." #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone who has done so much, and that’s a mentality that suppresses humanity"
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"I don’t think there’s a living celebrity with more weapons formed against him, but I don’t think there’s one more prosperous." #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"Obama calls the home phone, by the way." #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"I’m assuming I’m probably wearing a $2000 shirt but I got it for free from the designer so" #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"Chris Rock & everyone else at every single media publication called My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy the best album of the last 25 years."
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"One of my biggest achilles heels has beanery ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone." #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"People say I’ve got a bad reputation. I think I’ve got the best reputation in the building." #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury."#YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

"Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5000 sweater. You know what should cost $5000? A car." #YeezOx
— The Tab Oxford (@TheTabOxford) March 2, 2015

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