C-s-lewis Quote by C.S. Lewis

“The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man.”

— Thomas Carlyle

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

No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit…

— C. S. Lewis

“People lack originality.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Many people fail to achieve originality because they generate a few ideas and then obsess about refining them to perfection.”

— Adam M. Grant

Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from…

— Brenda Ueland

“Be original. That’s all that matters........Take inspiration from others, but always make something new.”

— Tomas Lindberg

“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

“You will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making. Even in…

— C.S. Lewis

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

— Tom Robbins

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

— William Gaddis

“The truth about people is that there are more fakes than originals.”

— Saleem Sharma