Quotes about Originality

What is originality in art? Perhaps it is easier to define what it is not and this may be done by saying that it is never a willful rejection of what has been accepted as the necessary laws of various forms of art. Thus in reasoning originality relies not in discarding the necessary laws of thought, but in using them to express new intellectual conceptions. In poetry originality consists not in discarding the necessary laws of rhythm but in finding new rhythms within the limits of those laws.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.

I dress the way I want. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

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

I don't like to compare coaches.

The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has heard the song or the composition before.