Quotes on Originality

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.

It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was, viz., that of inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent to God, and the Christian must be consistent to the life of the Son of God in him, not consistent to hard and fast creeds. Men pour themselves into creeds, and God has to blast them out of their prejudices before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.

We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.

Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.

The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.

Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Looking back now, if I went to film school, it probably would have helped knowing what the best of the best of foreign films were, but that wasn't the case. In some ways, I think that led to my originality, because I hadn't seen anybody else.

If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.