Quotes About Originality

We must not imitate that which we seek to create.

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at—not copy it.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

I have things in my head that are not like what anyone taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me, so natural to my way of being and thinking.

To create one's own world takes courage.

I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

I said to myself 'I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me--shapes and idea so near to my-- so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down.' I decided to start anew to strip away what I had been taught...

I don't see why we ever think of what others think of what we do—isn't it enough just to express yourself.

The idea of using extraordinary force does not mean more of the same effort. Extraordinary action results from out-of-the-box thinking.

The cliche is dead poetry.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.

A good imitation is the most perfect originality.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour germinates no more.

Think sideways!

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.

There never was such beauty in another man. Nature made him, and then broke the mould.

What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.

Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

I am not fond of uttering platitudes In stained-glass attitudes.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.