Quotes about Originality
Every man is a new method.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don't compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.
— James Franco
People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.
— Joe Biden
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
— Rick Warren
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
— Kobe Bryant
One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.
— Carl Jung
Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try to trace a perfect circle.
— Pablo Picasso
Roses do not take beauty advice from weeds.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Infancy conforms to nobody; all conform to it.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.
— Robert Frost
Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.
— Coco Chanel
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
— Elbert Hubbard