Quotes About Originality

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

Rarely have I seen any really great advertising created without a certain amount of confusion, throw-aways, bent noses, irritation and downright cursedness.

If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'

Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great. Competent design is not too much of a stretch. But if you are trying to do something new, you have challenges on so many axes.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea."

There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

No one determines your truth but you.You can't paint your own self-portrait with someone else's hand.

There is no greater thing than to be oneself, and it is never too late to do so.

Originality brings more bumps in the road, yet it leaves us with more happiness and a greater sense of meaning.

To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous."

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

Don't wait to think out of the box – create your own box.

Shine bright, be yourself.

As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.

Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality.

History has never seen Emmitt Smith. I don't care what has come before me. That's why they call it history you create new history.