Quotes About Originality

Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.

Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody's imagination.

Normality is a fine ideal for those who have no imagination.

Art is ruled uniquely by the imagination.

Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

A photograph must come from imagination and not be a reflection of what is.

All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.

Engineering is not quite as important as imagination.

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I am a back number. ... the fear of being copied is often the characteristic of the meager imagination.

We need radical thinking, creative ideas, and imagination.

The last adventure left on this planet is creativity because we've been everywhere. There's not much left to explore. But there's a lot of exploration left in the human imagination.

Normal means lack of imagination and creativity.

Imagination is essential and it comes first, for without imagination we are aimless.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

A poor original is better than a good imitation.

God has given us our talents, not to copy the talents of others, but rather to use our brains and imagination in order to obtain the revelation of true beauty.

Imagination is the cornerstone of human endeavor.

A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimagininative.

Wit is the flower of the imagination.

The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.

Imagination is the hood ornament on your car of creativity.