Quotes About Originality

You shouldn't be embarrassed by the things you do because that's who you are. Your quirks are what separate you from all of the dull, regular and boring people who all look and act the same as everyone else.

For me there is no supremacy in art. When fifty artists have contrived to be supreme, supremacy is impossible.

Sometimes we need to take some time to reflect. Sometimes we need to do something different. Sometimes we need to do something not because others are doing it so we want to do the same, but because it is different.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made and is a reflection of who they are.

These are clothes my friends and I could wear. This ain't Prada. I don't want to be one of those celebrities that slaps their name on a label and collects royalty checks. Everything on that runway reflects me.

People see that I have my own voice, my own opinion, my own likes. The album really reflects that.

I am young, and that reflects in my designs. I can't pretend to be 40.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

A lot of the 'Portlandia' characters and a lot of the moments aren't really TV-worthy, but that's what is so refreshing about seeing them.

I refuse to do something that's not me as an artist.

Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come out of our two hearts and our two heads.

After I made 'Oh Carolina' in the 1990s, the record company wanted me to copy that sound, and I refused.

I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business.

If what you're writing is genuine, regardless of whether it sounds cliche or people wouldn't necessarily think it's the most brilliant metaphor in the world, it's always important to be genuine with what you're writing; at least, that's how I feel.

I really respect certain brands, mixing and matching and having your own look regardless. Having a bold look.

If we do a record, and there's a reggae song, it's not shocking to us. If we do an all hip-hop song, it's not shocking to us. We all listen to that sort of music. It's not about what's in at the time; it's what feels right to us and what we're comfortable in doing.

In New York City, they have their own way of doing things. Every city and every region should do its own thing.

I would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

I might come across as a regular woman, but I didn't live my life by a format.

I don't make it in regular channels, and that's okay for me.

This world has a way of trying to homogenize you. Trying to sanitize you. Trying to scrub you of your unique divine genius. This world wants to make you regular.

The thing about innovation is, where do you stop? There are movements across the world where people are asking restaurateurs to bring back the regular plate. So, yes, we are fed up of drinking out of shoes and eating out of hats.