Quotes About Originality

Why must these people go on, and on, copying, copying fragments of old relics from extinct churches, and old tombs as though those were the best that could ever be, and it would be a sacrilege to beat them? Why didn't they want to out-do the best, instead of copying, always copying what had been done?

Man is being robbed not merely of the products of his labor, but of the power of free initiative, of originality, and the interest in, or desire for, the things he is making

knit a sweater of ants

Immer zwei Schritte voraus, unser Master Artemis. Die Leute sagten, er sei ganz aus dem alten Holz geschnitzt. Doch sie irrten sich. Master Artemis war aus nagelneuem Holz, von einer Sorte, die noch keiner gesehen hatte.

Because when you engage in the same things as the masses, you lower yourself to their level.

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.

There's nothing good about being ordinary. People don't respect you for it. People run after people who are different, who have confidence in their own taste, who don't run with the herd. There is nothing gained by giving in to the pressures of group vulgarity.

To wyobra?nia wyró?nia, wyobra?nia przeÅ'amuje pospolito??, powtarzalno??, jednolito??. W przeznaczeniu zabawek dostrzegÅ'em przeznaczenie ludzi: tylko wyobra?nia, tworzÄ…c fikcjÄ™ i wymarzone wiÄ™zi, rodzi coÅ› oryginalnego. Bez niej bylibyÅ›myy podobni, zbyt podobni, zbli?eni do siebie, rozpÅ'aszczeni jeden na drugich w koszach rzeczywistoÅ›ci.

Och, mógÅ' dyskutowa? w szeÅ›ciu czy siedmiu jÄ™zykach, ale có? takiego mówiÅ'? Rozmowa kulaÅ'a. Nic oryginalnego nie przechodziÅ'o mu przez gÅ'owÄ™ nafaszerowanÄ… sÅ'ownictwem, nic, ?aden nowy obraz, ?adna osobista opinia, ?adna dowcipna uwaga. Zero. ByÅ' jak kaleka bez nóg posadzony na najnowoczeÅ›niejszym na Å›wiecie rowerze.

We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much of what he thinks and says are the things that everybody else thinks and says; that he has not acquired the ability to think originally - that is, for himself - which alone gives meaning to his claim that nobody can interfere with the expression of his thoughts.

I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else.

Let's just say, I embraced my weirdness." He smiled. "Meaning?" "I liked being different.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

Raise you awareness and cultivate your uniqueness.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Everyone with a camera and a set of draperies runs a portrait studio. Miss

I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei

Vern actually installs an all-white ceiling fan in his room! He points out that it's a Trading Spaces first. (Season 3, Episode 2)

À l'instant la chose qui n'a pas le monopole au Maroc c'est la banalité.

The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.