Art Quote by Austin Kleon

“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere.”

— Austin Kleon

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

— Lukas Foss

To be an artist that is fully original, it doesn't exist.

— John Gourley

True creativity is fresh, but not always original.

— Steven Furtick

An artist doesn't really create anything - he just rearranges what is already there.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else.

— John Updike

It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything.…

— Anton Chekhov

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

— Georges Seurat

Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When…

— Albert Camus

“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

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.

— Jim Jarmusch

Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness.

— H. W. Janson