The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Schools teach you to imitate. If you don't imitate what the teacher wants you get a bad grade. Here, in college, it… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Our purity lies in our originality. Our intuition lies in our innocence. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There was a part of me that felt afraid of people in Hollywood going: '**** Hollywood with their total lack of originality!'. — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform. — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
My advice to all new writers - male or female - it isn't easy, but forge ahead and be true to your… — Lucy Simon Copy Share Image
Think outside of the box, create your own path in life. You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
With its claims to profundity, boldness and originality, thinking still limits itself provisionally to the exclusively rational and scientific. ... As soon… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as originality. It has all been said before, suffered before. If a person knows that, is it… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism. — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
I was not born to fit in, I am born to stand out. How can you love someone if you don't love… — Apple Homecillo Copy Share Image
For me, the arts are just an endless source of intelligence, brilliance, imagination, and originality. — Gail Levin Copy Share Image
I think it speaks to the fact that other people are as excited about originality as we are. I think the thing… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
