--- title: "13 Original Work Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Original Work quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Original Work sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/austin-o-malley-1805_art_the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art_2879034.jpg" --- > [The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-o-malley/the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art-is-the-infusion-of-the-artist/) [Austin O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/austin-o-malley-1805_art_the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art_2879034.jpg) > [The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwayne-hickman/the-print-on-canvas-is-the-closest-to-the-original-work-i-personally/) [Dwayne Hickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwayne-hickman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/dwayne-hickman-29085_canvas_the-print-on-canvas-is-the-closest-to-th_1740197.jpg) > [Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-james-graves/learn-the-duty-as-well-as-taste-the-pleasure-of-original-work/) [Robert James Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-james-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/robert-james-graves-73425_duty_learn-the-duty-as-well-as-taste-the-plea_1621452.jpg) > [“If you reshape yourself to fit a mold, then you are no longer an original work of art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giuseppe-bianco/if-you-reshape-yourself-to-fit-a-mold-then-you-are-no-longer-an/) [Giuseppe Bianco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giuseppe-bianco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/giuseppe-bianco-21596_art_if-you-reshape-yourself-to-fit-a-mold-th_2918468.jpg) > [Original work has no floor and no ceiling. You can reach essentially zero readers or millions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-s-kemp/original-work-has-no-floor-and-no-ceiling-you-can-reach-essentially/) [Paul S. Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-s-kemp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/paul-s-kemp-13349_books_original-work-has-no-floor-and-no-ceilin_2729594.jpg) > [“You were born an original work of art. Stay original.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzy-kassem/you-were-born-an-original-work-of-art-stay-original/) [Suzy Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzy-kassem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/suzy-kassem-596_art_you-were-born-an-original-work-of-art-st_1902600.png) > [“If you re-shape yourself to fit a mold, then you are no longer an original work of art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giuseppe-bianco/if-you-re-shape-yourself-to-fit-a-mold-then-you-are-no-longer-an/) [Giuseppe Bianco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giuseppe-bianco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/giuseppe-bianco-21596_art_if-you-re-shape-yourself-to-fit-a-mold-t_2246450.jpg) > [“very well represent a collected edition of these lumped together with the original work. It is also possible,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/very-well-represent-a-collected-edition-of-these-lumped-together-with/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/sun-tzu-283_collected_very-well-represent-a-collected-edition_2393025.jpg) > [Many years ago, Clement Greenberg said, 'All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.' This should be updated now to 'All profoundly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/many-years-ago-clement-greenberg-said-all-profoundly-original-work/) [Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/walter-darby-bannard-6715_artist_many-years-ago-clement-greenberg-said-al_1271210.png) > [I really like the grittiness of early Amon Tobin - I'm a huge fan of his old music, and I tried to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deadmau5/i-really-like-the-grittiness-of-early-amon-tobin-i-m-a-huge-fan-of/) [Deadmau5](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deadmau5/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/deadmau5-8361_early_i-really-like-the-grittiness-of-early-am_978794.jpg) > [I think translations should convey the feelings expressed in the original work. This is what I have believed in and practised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gulzar/i-think-translations-should-convey-the-feelings-expressed-in-the/) [Gulzar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gulzar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/gulzar-4914_feelings_i-think-translations-should-convey-the-f_441781.jpg) > [What I've always seen in writers and artists is the courage it takes to make an original work of art. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/what-i-ve-always-seen-in-writers-and-artists-is-the-courage-it-takes/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/salman-rushdie-153_art_what-i-ve-always-seen-in-writers-and-art_1867665.jpg) > [“What happens if the writer is good is usually not that the work seems derivative or trivial but just the opposite: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-foster/what-happens-if-the-writer-is-good-is-usually-not-that-the-work-seems/) [Thomas C. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/thomas-c-foster-20469_books_what-happens-if-the-writer-is-good-is-us_1494385.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-work/#itemlist", "name": "Original Work Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Austin O'Malley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-o-malley/the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art-is-the-infusion-of-the-artist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/austin-o-malley-1805_art_the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art_2879034.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/austin-o-malley-1805_art_the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art_2879034.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/austin-o-malley-1805_art_the-only-original-part-in-a-work-of-art_2879034.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.” — Austin O'Malley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. 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