Quotes About Originality

I think that when I started Man Repeller, the Internet was still hungry for authentic content from girls that weren't actresses or supermodels and were just relatable girls who had opinions and outfit ideas, and they weren't always good, but at least they were original.

I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit.

I used to wear bandanas around my head and beaded necklaces that I had made myself. This was my 'cool' outfit that I was convinced would bring me attention.

Accessorising is the best way to make an outfit more unique.

I don't want to have to wear the same outfit that the other fighters wear. I don't want to blend in.

If people want to compare us to the Shangri-Las, then that's all well and good. But those groups were put together. They were told what to sing, dressed up, neatly packaged. We're like the '80s version in that we're more outgoing, more involved in it.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.

You don't need mainstream media outlets, the big TV looks, or the magazine covers.

I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go.

There are a lot of people who do a lot of things to be outrageous with fashion, hair or makeup.

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.

At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.

I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.

Usually I'm the one who does the covers. And I just said, man, it would be nice to see what somebody else could do, outside of this thing. A fresher look. And I never, in a million years, would have come up with this. Believe me!

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

You know, when you look carefully at stuff that you deal with everyday, applying a little creativity to it and thinking outside the box, it's amazing what you can do.

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.

If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.

Without authenticity, we are only a poor imitation of someone else.

I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky. In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes! Remember why the good Lord made your eyes! So don't shade your eyes, But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize - Only be sure always to call it please 'research'." [ Lobachevsky ]

"Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people.

Weird here is something we aspire to, something we perfect, get degrees in, get awards for.