Originality Quotes

484 Originality quotes by 369 unique authors

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same… — H. L. Mencken
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always… — John Quiggin
John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesnâ€™t use any of the clichÃ©s; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. — Larry Coryell
But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for… — Henryk Sienkiewicz
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality. — Robert Schumann
Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality — Khalil Gibran
What tender and devoted mother wouldn't be dismayed and ill with terror at her son's or daughter's stepping even one hair's breath off the beaten… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Now in creative thought common sense is a bad master. Its sole criterion for judgement is that the new ideas shall look like the old… — Alfred North Whitehead
Our purity lies in our originality. Our intuition lies in our innocence. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too… — Alexis Korner
What audiences end up with word-wise is a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances, a movie that reeks of phoniness and lacks even… — Kenneth Turan
A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality. — Yann Martel
Originality is merely an illusion. — M.C. Escher
Do your work, but do your thing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I donâ€™t believe in originality. You take inspiration from whatever moves you and you find your voice in those things. — Tim Walker
Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is… — Keith Johnstone
It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be merely avant-garde. Originality… — Michael Foley
The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others. — Blaise Pascal
Originality is only variation. — Holbrook Jackson
Charles Chaplin makes a million dollars a year out of a funny, shuffling walk and a pair of baggy trousers, because he does "something different."… — Napoleon Hill

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