Originality Quotes

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing.

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

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before.

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

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

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

The secret of all effective originality in advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

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