Bird Quote by Mark Kurlansky

Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.

— Alberto Juantorena

I think people are afraid to be original.

— Orson Bean

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

— Michel Gondry

Originality is in the eye of the beholder.

— Mason Cooley

It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

All effort at originality must end either in the quaint or the monstrous. For no man knows himself as an original; he can only…

— Washington Allston

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 simply a pair of fresh eyes....

— Anonymous

“Unknowing imitation is almost a recipe for bad design. If you don’t know where your ideas are coming from, you’re probably imitating an imitator.”

— Paul Graham

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk.…

— Steve Lacy