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title: "3 Material Original Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Material Original quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Material Original sayings and thoughts."
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> [If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-j-cale/if-you-write-songs-long-enough-you-run-out-of-material-that-s/)

[J. J. Cale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-j-cale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/j-j-cale-6694_enough_if-you-write-songs-long-enough-you-run-o_219650.png)

> [You never want to have a movie be derivative, because that's the worst if you ask me. I always want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-mcdermott/you-never-want-to-have-a-movie-be-derivative-because-that-s-the-worst/)

[Dylan McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-mcdermott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/dylan-mcdermott-13907_ask-me_you-never-want-to-have-a-movie-be-deriva_535978.jpg)

> [For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/for-me-it-is-the-direct-contact-of-artist-to-material-which-is/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/isamu-noguchi-25815_art_for-me-it-is-the-direct-contact-of-artis_623895.png)

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