Creativity Quote by Voltaire

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

— Voltaire

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Voltaire

“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Anonymous

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

— Voltaire

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Originality is merely an illusion.

— Anonymous

Originality is a quality that cannot be imitated. The technique of the language, on the other hand, is something that belongs to all who…

— John French Sloan

Being Original is worth more than a copy.

— Anonymous

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

— Jim Jarmusch

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

— Anonymous

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

— William Ralph Inge