Writing Quote by Austin Kleon

When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.

— Jonathan Lethem

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

— Anonymous

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

— William Ralph Inge

Originality is the art of concealing your sources.

— Benjamin Franklin

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

— Anonymous

“No one has claim to originality in literature; all writers are more or less faithful amanuenses of the spirit, translators and annotators of pre-existing…

— James E. Irby

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

— Franklin P. Jones

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth…

— C. S. Lewis

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

— Voltaire

“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Anonymous

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

— William Ralph Inge