The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible. — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize. — John Landis Mason Copy Share Image
A man's originality is not only the most beautiful, but the best personality of his life. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
The personality and songwriting of Holy Ghost! trumps the originality card any day. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Be the one who speaks out above the crowd when everyone else follows the norms. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to… — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
Originality is a quality that cannot be imitated. The technique of the language, on the other hand, is something that belongs to… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
What passes for an original opinion is, generally, merely an original phrase. Old lamps for new - yes; but it is always… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“But they made me realize more than I ever had the rarity of true originality, and also the sort of alienation it… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been… — Evan Mandery Copy Share Image
“When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.” — Tim Fargo Copy Share Image
If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
“This has been done by masters of the trade and Garcia had taken in every stock situation with amazing powers of retention,… — Felipe Alfau Copy Share Image
Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact"… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so annoying as to be fairly rich, of a fairly good family, pleasing presence, average education, to be “not… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
It is part of the amazing originality of Christ that there is to be found in his teaching no word whatever which… — Maude Royden Copy Share Image
You will never start living until you've realized that your life is your own unique gift. So, live it uniquely in your… — Geraldine Vermaak Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
“Side by side with the human race there runs another race of beings, the inhuman ones, the race of artists who, goaded… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Nothing is original.. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
“STAY AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART In this short lifetime, Why not be -- True to your own voice, Your own story,… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
While still sixteen I am put in charge of a class of forty children who are two, three or four years younger… — Hal Porter Copy Share Image
“Artists are the flowers of our world. The best ones are those that can stand out from the crowd and create their… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble,… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
In my actual imaginative contact with life, I am vastly more responsive to beauty than to horror - indeed, I never experience… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
