Quotes About Originality

You need to write your own story because reading another's and trying to implement the same in your life would cause more harm than good.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. Take every risk to explore new ideas and be authentic yet absolutely creative.

It is better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Want to really get somewhere in life? Just don't follow the crowd.

He who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.

You know its better to be a horrible bully whos completly real than to be the nicest person on earth imitating someone elses life.

Ich hatte ihn nicht für so mutig gehalten. Aber natürlich war er das. Künstler, Schöpfer, Erfinder, der größte, den die Welt kannte. Wer furchtsam ist, erschafft nichts.

Impiegai un momento a capire. Non l'avrei mai fatto così sfrontato. Ma era naturale che lo fosse. Artista, creatore, inventore, il più grande che il mondo avesse mai conosciuto. La timidezza non crea nulla.

Its better to live a goat than 100 sheep.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

You won't find the same person twice, not even in the same person.

Fashion is never wrong.

Well, it's true. If she ever had an original thought it would die of loneliness.

NEOLOGISMO Beijo pouco, falo menos ainda. Mas invento palavras Que traduzem a ternura mais funda E mais cotidiana. Inventei, por exemplo, o verbo teadorar. Intransitivo: Teadoro, Teodora.

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.

if all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty,

I always find beauty in things that are odd & imperfect - they are much more interesting.

Write like yourself, only more so.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

I don't believe in art. I believe in the artist.

What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap

I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.