Quotes About Originality

I wear what I want to wear and appear on stage as myself.

I have such deep appreciation for artists who have the ability to create something from within, something completely unique and original to each piece of work.

Who is the architect? I am the architect.

I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

We decided we were going to do more 'Brothers In Arms,' and we were also going to create something original that no one else was doing, and that's what led to 'Borderlands.'

It's easier to be the art school band than to be the Beatles.

You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist.

I don't have actors in my family, but everyone is pretty artistic.

Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.

The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.

The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.

I draw my own stuff. I do my own cover artwork.

For some time past she had been suspected of being au fond, in spite of appearances, an "original." In the provinces it was not permissible to be original: being original means having ideas that are not understood by others; the provinces demand equality of mind as well as equality of manners and customs.

The purpose of art is not to copy nature, but to express it. It's not about making good or bad copies, it's about poetry!

Otherwise a sculptor could save himself the trouble and take a cast of a woman! And yet, try making a cast of your mistress's hand and

L'inspiration, c'est l'occasion du génie.

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.

O imitators, you slavish herd!

I hate the common herd of men and keep them afar. Let there be sacred silence: I, the Muses' priest, sing for girls and boys songs not heard before.

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.

Indeed, knowledge that one will be judged on some criterion of "creativeness" or "originality" tends to narrow the scope of what one can produce (leading to products that are then judged as relatively conventional); in contrast, the absence of an evaluations seems to liberate creativity.

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas...