Creativity Quote by Adam M. Grant

“I want to debunk the myth that originality requires extreme risk taking and persuade you that originals are actually far more ordinary than we…

— Adam M. Grant

“Those who say there are no more original ideas need to get out of the way of those of us who are creating them.”

— Steven Symes

“Originality is a device that untalented people use to impress other untalented people to protect themselves from talented people...”

— William Gaddis

“We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is too great…

— Jessica Lave

“To be original is not creating your own idea; it's the essence of the idea in the reader's mind.”

— Kaela Marooney

“What is perfection, anyway? It's the death of creativity, that's what I think, while change on the other hand, is the cornerstone of new…

— Diane Keaton

“Only by fumbling with countless bits of knowledge, and then ignoring most of it, does a creative mind craft something original.”

— Diane Ackerman

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing.

— Raymond Radiguet

“No man who cares about originality will ever be original. It's the man who's only thinking about doing a good job or telling the…

— C.S. Lewis

Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“People lack originality.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Originality is a myth perpetuated by the naive, the romantic, and the unscrupulous.”

— Tom Robbins