Being original Quote by Shepard Fairey

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

— H. W. Janson

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

— Jim Jarmusch

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

In order to be creative, you don't have to be original.

— Ray Bradbury

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

We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work.

— Robert W. Bly

It is always possible to create something original.

— George Gershwin

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

— Rickey Medlocke

Originality, then, ultimately distinguishes art from craft. We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance.

— H. W. Janson

Originality is merely an illusion.

— Anonymous

Of course you can't do anything completely original.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

There is nothing original; all is reflected light.

— Honore de Balzac