Creativity Quote by Trey Barnett

Originality doesn't consist of saying it first, originality consists of saying it in a way that is specifically tailored to the moment in which…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.

— Stephen Dunn

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out…

— George Gershwin

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Story is about originality, not duplication

— Robert McKee

It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.

— Victor Vasarely

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

— Edith Wharton

What is originality? It is being one's self, and reporting accurately what we see and are.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is always possible to create something original.

— George Gershwin

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

— Man Ray