Quotes About Originality

What was there for Harper Lee to be afraid of, after all? Possibly just this: That she could not outdo Harper Lee.

The older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity.

So you are industrious, but not original?

I had creativity within me that was original; I had a personality within me that was original; I had dreams and perspectives and aspirations within me that were original.

Creative living is a path for the brave. a

Everybody imitates before they can innovate.

Pure creativity is something better than a necessity; it's a gift. It's the frosting.

É melhor viver o nosso próprio destino de forma imperfeita do que uma imitação da vida de outra pessoa na perfeição Bhagavad Gitav

because in the end, creativity is a gift to the creator, not just a gift to the audience

The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

we can't just follow Paris for the sake of Paris.

the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me. Just say what you want to say, then, and say it with all your heart. Share whatever you are driven to share. If it's authentic enough, believe me—it will feel original. Motives

I think a creative life is the most marvelous life there is.

it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. So now

that's what you have to do at the beginning; everybody imitates before they can innovate.

Bagavad Gita - drevna indijska knjiga joge - tvrdi da je bolje nesavršeno živeti svoju sudbinu nego savršeno živeti imitaciju ne?ijeg života. Stoga ja sada po?injem da živim svoj život. Naizgled nesavršen i trapav ali tipi?an prikaz mene same.

since when did creativity become a suffering contest?

Keep in mind that for most of history people just made things, and they didn't make such a big freaking deal out of it. We make things because we like making things. We pursue the interesting and the novel because we like the interesting and the novel.

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly.

that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection

Creativity is a gift to the creator not just a gift to the audience.

Go back far enough and you will find people who were not consumers, people who were not sitting around passively waiting for stuff to happen to them. You will find people who spent their lives making things. This is where you come from. This is where we all come from. Human beings have been creative beings for a really long time—long enough and consistently enough that it appears to be a totally natural impulse.

You are not required to save the world with your creativity. Your art not only doesn't have to be original, in other words; it also doesn't have to be important.