Beautiful Quote by Kaela Marooney

Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Many people fail to achieve originality because they generate a few ideas and then obsess about refining them to perfection.”

— Adam M. Grant

“Originality is a device that untalented people use to impress other untalented people to protect themselves from talented people...”

— William Gaddis

“Those who say there are no more original ideas need to get out of the way of those of us who are creating them.”

— Steven Symes

“I want to debunk the myth that originality requires extreme risk taking and persuade you that originals are actually far more ordinary than we…

— Adam M. Grant

An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.

— Umberto Eco

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

— Anonymous

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with; as if, observes our author himself, any originality but our own could…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If its an original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”

— Howard H. Aiken

“To be original, you don't need to be a prodigy or a revolutionary. You just need the mindset and will to challenge the default.”

— Edify.me

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

— Voltaire

“Originality is a myth perpetuated by the naive, the romantic, and the unscrupulous.”

— Tom Robbins