Art Quote by Lukas Foss

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

— Walter Darby Bannard

If you're going to be an artist, you need to be an original.

— Kinky Friedman

What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.

— Austin Kleon

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

— Georges Seurat

I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by the great…

— James Rosenquist

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

Individuality and originality is was separates good and great artists! How much they can move people with what they do! If they can shake…

— Hiromi

“Originality is crucial. 
We as artists are trendsetters.
 People want to be like us. Every record brings out new elements of artistry.”

— Lisa Goldin

To be an artist that is fully original, it doesn't exist.

— John Gourley

There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what preceded it:…

— Roger Scruton

I think the best artists find ways to reinvent themselves. They find new ways to tell their stories, or they find new stories to…

— Jay IDK

Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness.

— H. W. Janson