Quotes About Originality

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Art is original. Marcel Duchamp was an artist when he pioneered Dadaism and installed a urinal in a museum. The second person to install a urinal wasn't an artist, he was a plumber.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map—these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.

It's clearly more fun to make the rules than to follow them. ~ Seth Godin

She solves problems that people haven't predicted, sees things people haven't seen, and connects people who need to be connected.

Correct is fine. But it is better to be interesting.

Don't be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

Artists think along the edges of the box, because that's where things get done. That's where the audience is, that's where the means of production are available, and that's where you can make an impact.

Our economy now rewards artists far more than any other economy in history ever has.

You will never become a category of one if you run with the pack.

The craftsman and the artist say, "Here, I made this." The workingman is asked to follow instructions.

Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you're an artist.

As a result, the rewards for being first are enormous. It's not a linear scale. It's not a matter of getting a little more after giving a little more. It's a curve, and a steep one.

How can I create something that critics will criticize?

Instead of being scientists, the best marketers are artists.

We need original thinkers, provocateurs, and people who care. We need marketers who can lead, salespeople able to risk making a human connection, passionate change makers willing to be shunned if it is necessary for them to make a point. Every organization needs a linchpin, the one person who can bring it together and make a difference.

The practice seeks to make change, but the process demands originality. The practice is consistent, but only in intention, not in execution.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

The future belongs to chefs, not to cooks or bottle washers. It's easy to buy a cookbook (filled with instructions to follow) but really hard to find a chef book.

The Bhagavad-Gita says, "It is better to follow your own path, however imperfectly, than to follow someone else's perfectly." Consider the people who have found their voice and made a real impact: their paths always differ, but their practices overlap in many ways.

Creativity is a choice, it's not a bolt of lightning from somewhere else.