Born Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us;…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Originality' is the sickness of modernity that wishes to see itself as something new, always new, in order continually to witness its own birth.…

— Carlos Fuentes

“Originality has nothing to do with producing something ’ new’ - it is about seeking the source, the primordial ground from which you draw…

— Billy Marshall Stoneking

Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.

— Stephen Dunn

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

— Thomas Carlyle

We are the ORIGIN of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, ORIGINALITY is the process of remaining true to ourselves.

— Julia Cameron

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing.

— Raymond Radiguet

Originality is merely an illusion.

— Anonymous

Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.

— John Steinbeck

I believe that everyone is born original but the majority of us die otherwise because we deny ourselves. The only way of keeping your…

— Markson Bero

Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.

— Martin Buber

Originality is a return to the origin.

— Antonio Gaudi