Originality Quotes
To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.
It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality.
Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.
That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that anyone could have thought of are very rare men.
Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers.
To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea.
Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity
Derivative writers seem versatile because they imitate many others, past and present. Artistic originality has only itself to copy.
All effort at originality must end either in the quaint or the monstrous. For no man knows himself as an original; he can only believe it on the report of others.
Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.
A writer does not own words any more than a painter owns colors. So lets dispense with this originality fetish… Look, listen and transcribe and forget about being original.
A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.
More than once I should have lost my soul to radicalism if it had been the originality it was mistaken for by its young converts.
What a good thing Adam had - when he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
It is imperative you stay in touch with your inner self so you don’t lose the essence of who you truly are.
I'd rather be interesting, original, & unique then follow the pack. Revel in who you truly are & be liberated!
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.
Art builds upon art, builds upon art...nothing is purely original. We're all inspired by something...or someone. It's a never-ending chain of ideas...and it's magical.
All Authors come from the unified countrynent known as Australia. Authors live in the future where love is external.
Pure wisdom is the 'fruit of life' banal platitudes are the 'bane of existence'.
Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success.
It is difficult to stop people from thinking on their own and exceedingly so, to get them to think on their own.
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.
Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy.
Be yourself because an original is always worth more than a copy.
A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn’t mean you have to join the circus.
Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.
Originals cost more than imitations.
There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.
Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.
To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.
Carving your own path gets you to greatness quicker than following someone else's trail.
Curious that it is impossible for a man to be original without attracting around him a set of unoriginal minds, as though he were a honey-pot and they the flies!