Creativity Quote by Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

— Lukas Foss

Originality is merely an illusion.

— Anonymous

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

It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be merely avant-garde.…

— Michael Foley

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire

Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this…

— Keith Johnstone

Originality is always a strange thing. There's nothing original anymore. It's all something based on something in some way - even if it's not…

— Nick Damici

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire

Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.

— Walter Darby Bannard

I admire anyone who can come up with something original. But not originality alone, because there can be originality in stupidity, with no musical…

— Charles Mingus

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Voltaire

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

— Edith Wharton