Quotes About Originality

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

It is important always to have really original talent. There are lots of good designers that make attractive clothes and make women look beautiful. But at the same time, one doesn't want to lose the idea that there is someone out there who can change the way you look at fashion.

Ideas are what we make a living out of. Whether it's a song or a talent search, we are in the business of thinking.

I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that.

Honestly, I don't think I'm exceptionally pretty or talented. But the advantage I have is that the performances I do can only be done by me.

Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.

At the end of the day, I'm talented, and there's only one Lil Mama.

The message is that if you believe in what you create, it's enjoyable and people will follow. The talented mangaka should know that; otherwise, no one would read or enjoy it. So believe in yourself. Believing in yourself is important.

I'm a talented designer.

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because they can't do it. A lot of them just aren't talented enough to do anything new, honestly.

The entertainment industry is loaded with extraordinarily talented people. But the true, genuine originals, they're rare.

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

When I was a journalist, I didn't care how many people talked to Ice Cube before I talked Ice Cube. I just knew that when I talked to Ice Cube, it was going to be different than what anybody else had done, and it was the same with any group.

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

One thing we've always wanted to do is just do things our way, and we've always talked about having our own festival.

I've always tried to make outfits that bit more special and unique. I think it's my way of expressing myself, because I'm not a big talker. I'm not really expressive in that way, but I am in the way that I dress.

I stand out. I don't really think I fit in with the 'what rap is' today. I feel like I stand out because I'm talking about me and my homies and stories from my life. I ain't really trying to have you turnt up all day.

I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.

You don't hire Kehinde Wiley to have a tame painting.

I never have had blonde hair. I have never had straight hair. I never wear pink clothes or spray tan and I never wore heels to school.

I wouldn't go so far as to make 'You Don't Own Me' a tango or 'It's My Party' a hip-hop thing. Believe me, those things have been suggested to me. But I thought if I could stay true to the song, the arrangements would work. I'm really enjoying singing them.

I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.

There are those usual people who try desperately to appear unusual and there are unusual people who try to appear usual.

Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.