Originality Quotes

484 Originality quotes by 369 unique authors

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy. — Marian Wright Edelman
Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Only those with no memory insist on their originality. — Coco Chanel
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons… — Anton Chekhov
You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way. — Lady Gaga
There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and claim… — Katherine Dunn
There is no such thing as originality. It has all been said before, suffered before. If a person knows that, is it any wonder love… — Clive Barker
The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce… — Malcolm Gladwell
...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality, the upheaval of… — Janet Frame
A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A poor original is better than a good imitation. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Originality is the art of concealing your sources. — Benjamin Franklin
Then she waited, with parted lips and a saucy challenge in her eyes, to see how her presence -- the drama of being her --… — Jonathan Franzen
So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you fear it or… — Conan O'Brien
Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an… — Arthur Conan Doyle
You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things. — Andy Warhol
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any inequity. All out of a kind of… — Terry Pratchett
A writer does not own words any more than a painter owns colors. So lets dispense with this originality fetish… Look, listen and transcribe and… — William S. Burroughs
Originality is being different from oneself, not others. — Philip Larkin
Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best… — Evan Mandery
Perfection is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to get… — Augusten Burroughs
That one tickled. If electrocution is your way of flirting, I commend you on your originality. — Jeaniene Frost
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. — Pablo Picasso

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