Quotes About Originality

Follow your dreams, not the crowd.

Roses do not take beauty advice from weeds.

Your mind is more creative than any machine.

Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.

If you're an oak you don't pretend you are a flower

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

Be a mystery, not a demographic. Be someone a computer could never quite know.

But if everyone was made to look perfect, then no one would be special because being special meant being different, by offering something that wasn't on offer elsewhere.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep your stamina. Keep swimming...

Better to be disliked for being you, than being liked for being someone else.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it.

Better to be disliked for being you, than being liked for being someone else. Life isn't a play. Don't rehearse yourself. Be yourself.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you.

I am not sure I have ever met someone like you," I said. "That is good. What point would my life have, if there was a duplicate?

Se você tem como objetivo ser algo que não é, vai sempre fracassar. Tenha como objetivo ser você. Parecer, agir e pensar como você. Ser a versão mais verdadeira de si. Abrace essa singularidade. Apoie, ame, trabalhe arduamente essa singularidade. E não dê a menor bola quando as pessoas ridicularizarem ou zombarem dela. A maioria das fofocas é inveja disfarçada. Mantenha a cabeça baixa, mantenha a estamina. Continue a nadar...

Foundation Other people matter. But there is no point becoming someone else in order to find friends. In order to find the people who like you, it is first necessary to be you.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it.

Creativity—that is, inventing your way out of a problem—is definitely the better stance.

There is a sense of empowerment and confidence in the act of creation that cannot be achieved by copying.

One reason why the painter takes up his brush is that in one sense the art of painting still remains to be created...Painting is always something to be created.