Familiar Quote by Tony Tasset

When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.

— Ben Elliot

There are people who are originals and the stuff they make really is new. It isn't based on anything else. But I've decided I'm…

— Steven Soderbergh

The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us, challenge us,…

— Eric Metaxas

Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity.…

— Henry Petroski

All too often, when creative people pick out someone else's creative work as an inspiration, what they end up with is very, very far…

— Samuel R. Delany

“Works that have a certain imperfection to them have an appeal for that very reason - or at least they appeal to certain types…

— Haruki Murakami

I've worked with people who wanted to be creative every day: it was like a goal to arrive with something very special. Sometimes it's…

— Marion Cotillard

I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things.

— Ralph Lauren

To generate creative ideas, it's important to start from an unusual place. But to explain those ideas, they have to be connected to something…

— Adam Grant

“Nobody can duplicate your work because there’s no one in the world like you. They can imitate, but they can’t duplicate. Your work is…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.

— Mason Cooley

“To be original is not creating your own idea; it's the essence of the idea in the reader's mind.”

— Kaela Marooney