Quotes About Originality

The really great brands live on this idea of bringing something that's truly authentic - and then building around that. It's not about trying to be something as much as it being who you are in the best light possible.

What I've become good at is bringing things that aren't necessarily mainstream to the mainstream.

I'm not a bro.

I basically went into broadcasting when I was in college because I knew that there was nothing like what I had in my mind on TV at the time.

I haven't broken any new ground in the form of a film.

I don't have an act. I just talk. I'm just Lenny Bruce.

I don't think that anyone could try to be my father, I think he was extremely unique, and if anybody were to try to act like him and pull off the action in the same way, that would be a mistake. Trying to give a Bruce Lee-esque performance would be an epic failure.

There are writers out there who say they're writing a second series, and then you pick it up and it feels exactly the same, only the lead character is blonde instead of brunette.

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.

We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.

I am not a businessman, I am an artist.

The people who succeed are those who are aware of the rules; they respect the rules. But they make up their own rules. They create for creative sake.

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

I never assume success or crave it. I make what I love and then share it with everyone.

The secret to success is to be yourself.

Extreme success is not like other kinds of success; what has worked for someone else probably won't work for you.

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.

In general, I never think it is a good idea to try to recreate past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for better or worse.

All the big successes of my career have been ideas that, on paper, you think, 'Well nobody's going to go for this because that genre is so dead.'

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

A lot of fashion photographers will do the same sort of image for many years; it's easier to be successful if you do that.

I feel that one thing that a businessman can learn is do not follow a path that has already been successful. You will never be a path-breaker then.

I see a lot of women of every age trying to be something else. I see them trying to imitate behaviors that they think belong to successful people.