Quotes about Originality

22 quotes about Originality

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by...

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

Quote by Alan Alda about originality

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about originality

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always...

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about originality

I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop....

I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.

Quote by Al Alvarez about originality

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary...

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

Quote by Albert Camus about originality

There are demerit points for originality when one is caught.

There are demerit points for originality when one is caught.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about originality

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about originality

I think it's a great document of John Stevens' originality. At that time he was already much more fully formed in his conception than I was. I was sort of struggling to keep up, and sometimes it's pretty obvious.

Quote by Evan Parker about originality

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one...

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about originality

Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention. The professional writer discovers some aspect of the world and invents out of the speech of his time some...

Quote by John Dos Passos about originality

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak...

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.

Quote by Sean Penn about originality

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any...

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Quote by Walt Disney about originality

I believe in being an innovator.

I believe in being an innovator.

Quote by Walt Disney about originality

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else...

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing.

Quote by Raymond Radiguet about originality

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Quote by John Stuart Mill about originality

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a...

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Quote by Edith Wharton about originality

if a poet takes too much from a single model is a...

if a poet takes too much from a single model is a worthless imitator, if one takes a few from hundreds is original.

Quote by Gavriil Stiharul about originality

Even originality is a medium form of lie.

Even originality is a medium form of lie.

Quote by Iulian Andrei about originality

The essential element of talent is the originality and...

The essential element of talent is the originality and originality means differentiation.

Quote by Eugen Lovinescu about originality

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightement at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken about originality

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