Quotes About Originality

All great geniuses are incredibly creative in their own ways. They're able to take what is known, dream of new possibilities, and bring them into the world. Every mathematical enigma solved, every masterful symphony composed, every revolutionary machine invented, every brilliant philosophy penned, every great corporation built...they all sprang from a person with an extraordinary imagination.

Salvador Dali said "those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Mark Twain said "all ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources.

When you start viewing creativity as a process of combination, and imagination as the ability to connect, stretch, and merge things in new ways, creative brilliance becomes less mystifying. A creative genius is just better at connecting the dots than others are. That's

good artists copy but great artists steal.

Most of us regard creativity in the same way we regard that statement—as a mysterious gift that can't be explained or cultivated. But we're wrong. Like genius itself, creativity is a process, not a providence. The

Like genius itself, creativity is a process, not a providence.

Tesla was never one to chase recognition—he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation.

Don't confuse creativity and imagination with "thinking" either. Ray Bradbury said that thinking is the enemy of creativity because it's self-conscious.

Salvador Dali said "those who

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.

Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone don't be someone else just be yourself.

All art is an imitation of nature.

Don't let yourselves get caught up in someone else's story. Stick to your own tale, my darlings. Write your own ending

Don't let yourselves get caught up in someone else's story. Stick to your own tale, my darlings. Write your own ending if you need to.

Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.

Stop looking at what everyone else has! You have to figure out who you are before you can be anyone!

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other peoples' models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own and other's people's models, learn to be ourselves and allow our natural channel to open.

Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.

Razo wasn't good at anything except maybe cramming two cherries up one nostril.

Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.

No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.

I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself.