Quotes About Originality

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a whole flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

When you get to the point where you cheat for the sake of beauty, you're an artist.

You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold.

Schubert is said to have told a friend that his own creative process consisted in "remembering a melody" that neither he nor anyone else had ever thought of before.

You" as a personality are not in competition with any other personality simply because there is not another person on the face of the earth like you, or in your particular class. You are an individual. You are unique. You are not "like" any other person and can never become "like" any other person. You are not "supposed" to be like any other person and no other person is "supposed" to be like you.

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

Two genuinely human thoughts are always different, just as two men's palms are." "What's a genuinely human thought?" "One that's usually not told to anyone.

You cut the jacket to fit the person, you do not cut the person to fit the jacket. Do not imitate the strategies of your competitors or blindly implement industry best practices. The Leader of an organization must analyze the situation and customize the business plans to fit the organization's position.

I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to try. I just have to be. You, on the other hand, have to try any passing bandwagon, because what else have you got?

You're telling me that because of the Internet, and the availability of every experience, every whim, every tool, sudden everyone's an artist? But here's the thing: if everyone's an artist, then no one is.

He paused to wonder which Disney character Jules was, and realized that Disney did not make women or girls or woodland animals that were like her.

I've invented it, because there is no other word that celebrates the genius that is me.

Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened.

while remaining fundamentally—and sometimes maddeningly—who we are.

A leader whose speech is prepared by others is not a leader; he is just an empty and stupid bottle! Use your own ideas and your own brain; write your own speech, just like Gandhi, Churchill or Nehru! That is indeed a good ethics and a good honour!

Be different so that people can see you clearly amongst the crowds.

Consistency is a contraceptive; it prevents the birth of new things!

Here are the Ten Commandments for a writer: Create, Create, Create, Create, Create, Create...

Peeling an apple with a sword is not something original; it is vulgar!

The Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament says there is no new thing under the sun. We can also say there is no new thing above the sun!

The most beautiful thing about art is that there is no saturation point in creating!

The most beautiful things can only be created by the most free minds!