Abandon Quote by Marty Neumeier

Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.

— John Steinbeck

If we’re free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we…

— Austin Kleon

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

— Thomas Carlyle

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

— Arthur Koestler

Originality is not doing something no one else has ever done, but doing what has been done countless times with new life, new breath.

— Marie Chapian

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

— Raymond Radiguet

“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

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences

— Nikola Tesla

If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment…

— Jim Rohn

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

— Julia Cameron

It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time,…

— Peter Clewes