Authentic Quote by Paul Mellon

Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.

— Paul Mellon

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

Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.

— John Burroughs

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

— John Stuart Mill

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

— Voltaire

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

— Voltaire

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

Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.

— Bai Ling

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

— Lukas Foss

True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different it is…

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.

— Jim Jarmusch

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

— Gertrude Stein