Creativity Quote by Billy Marshall Stoneking

“Originality' is the sickness of modernity that wishes to see itself as something new, always new, in order continually to witness its own birth.…

— Carlos Fuentes

Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.

— Stephen Dunn

People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are the ORIGIN of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, ORIGINALITY is the process of remaining true to ourselves.

— Julia Cameron

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out…

— George Gershwin

Originality is a return to the origin.

— Antonio Gaudi

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

— Man Ray

Originality is merely an illusion.

— Anonymous

“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

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only…

— Man Ray

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

— William Gaddis

Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.

— Antonio Gaudi