Originality Quotes

484 Originality quotes by 369 unique authors

Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth,… — Jean Baudrillard
It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur. — Wallace Stevens
Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something. — Idries Shah
What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else? — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Insist upon yourself. Be original. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his… — Thomas Mann
What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend. — Brandon Sanderson
To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any. — Les Paul
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi. — Alan Alda
The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the… — Nikola Tesla
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
Schools teach you to imitate. If you don't imitate what the teacher wants you get a bad grade. Here, in college, it was more sophisticated,… — Robert M. Pirsig
Well, the way I play, I try not to be a 'repeater pencil', ya dig? Originality's the thing. You can have tone and technique and… — Lester Young
By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. — Unknown Author
High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of… — Milan Kundera
Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality. — Diana Vreeland
Originality is dangerous. — Salman Rushdie
Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with. — Frank Crowninshield
The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have… — A. R. Rahman
Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the rest of his life here,… — Martin Jacques
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it will be of… — Russell Smith
The thing that I was brought up to prize above everything else is the intellect. There is no problem that the intellect cannot solve, but… — Alan Garner
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and… — Joanna Scott
Originality is the art of concealing your source. — Franklin P Jones
We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the… — John Desmond Bernal

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