Quotes About Originality

The truth is, we were sick of, every time we finished a movie, having to start all over again from nothing, going to a studio, pitching an idea, setting up a new office.

I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place.

The 'Aldous Harding' record isn't easily placed because it wasn't trying to sound like anything. It was quite organic.

People are looking for original content in many different places, as are advertisers. This takes us into a whole new ballgame.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

To engage in downright plagiarism is disappointing. It's cynical, opportunistic and hypocritical.

In many senses, creativity and 'plagiarism' are nearly indivisible.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.

I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't.

I'm so happy when someone does something original, and there's no focus group or planning committee. If the cinema doesn't get an injection of that once in a while, we're in trouble.

Growing up, I remember planning for Halloween months in advance. It was, after all, my chance to be creative, artsy, original, and to just have fun!

Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.

I don't have a manager who's secretly on Interscope. I'm the complete opposite of an industry plant.

I learned a lot from other people, and was inspired by what they did, but I didn't copy anyone. I put many different blocks together to become what I am. I don't know if that would have happened if everything was handed to me on a plate.

We want to keep developing original games in the genre we pioneered but also expand our audience by being present on all platforms.

I am attracted to arguments that have a certain plausible originality to them.

The kids that are making the ghetto stuff I can't even reach are the ones that are inspiring me to play music for the other kids in the city they don't even know about. If I don't get those kids making music, there won't be an original kid DJing like me in five to 10 years.

We're four guys that play music. We're not a part of any genre. We just happened to have come out in 1998.