Quotes About Originality

Dissent is the mark of freedom, as originality is the mark of independence of mind. … No one can be a scientist … if he does not have independence of observation and of thought.

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character.

With so much "Moos" from the herd, how you gon' get heard?

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.

You change the world by being yourself.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

You don't have to live anybody else's story.

He who follows another will never overtake him

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.