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  • The incompatibility of aquacity with the erratic originality of genius.

    James Joyce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)”, p.734, Delphi Classics
  • The only way to grab the attention of the audience is originality. We feed ourselves with franchises that's the opposite of what makes our culture multidimensional and interesting.

    Source: variety.com
  • If they haven't heard it before it's original.

  • I invent nothing, I rediscover.

    Life   Beautiful   Art  
    "Auguste Rodin: The Man, His Ideas, His Works". Book by Camille Mauclair (p. 60-61), 1905.
  • It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.

    Men   Thinking   Quality  
    H. L. Mencken (2009). “Prejudices: Third Series”, p.87, Cosimo, Inc.
  • Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.

    Men   Nihilism   Quality  
    Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Idiot (Vintage Classics)”, p.326, Vintage
  • About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

    Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”
  • I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

    Years   Four   Comedy  
    "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life". Book by Steve Martin, www.npr.org. November 20, 2007.
  • Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.

    James Anthony Froude (2004). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.439, The Minerva Group, Inc.
  • We are the ORIGIN of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, ORIGINALITY is the process of remaining true to ourselves.

    Art   Way   Originality  
    Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.218, Penguin
  • Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality.

    "Give & Take with Adam Grant, Top Contrarian Self-Help Expert". Interview with Marty Nemko, www.psychologytoday.com. December 31, 2015.
  • A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

    'Discourses on Art' (ed. R. Wark, 1975) no. 3 (14 December 1770)
  • Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

    Athlete   Ice   Skating  
    "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.
  • Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1979). “Emerson's Literary Criticism”, p.163, U of Nebraska Press
  • Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.

    Long   Giving   Mind  
  • To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.

    Art   Philosophy   Loss  
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1834). “Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions”, p.58
  • Charles Chaplin makes a million dollars a year out of a funny, shuffling walk and a pair of baggy trousers, because he does "something different." Take the hint and "individualize" yourself with some distinctive idea.

    Years   Ideas   Doe  
    Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.260, Penguin
  • Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

    Book   Character   Men  
    Richard Cecil, Josiah PRATT (the Elder.) (1854). “Remains of the Rev. Richard Cecil ... With a view of his character, by the Rev. Josiah Pratt ... To which is prefixed a memoir of his life signed: J. Cecil . Tenth edition”, p.53
  • Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life.

    Ignorance   Self   Law  
  • A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

    H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.20, Knopf
  • The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.

    F.scott fitzgerald (1969). “the last tycon”
  • Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality

    David Mitchell (2007). “Number9Dream: A Novel”, p.40, Random House
  • The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always sloppily or dishonestly. A specimen I've seen on more occasions than I can count is the line (usually presented with a sense of witty originality) "if you are opposed to economic rationalism, you must be in favor of economic irrationalism"... I've come to the conclusion that the word "rational" has no meaning that cannot better be conveyed by some alternative term and that the best advice is probably to avoid it altogether.

  • A good imitation is the most perfect originality

  • Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.

    Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”
  • I think fashion today is horrible. Just open your eyes and look! What's good about it? There's no originality. Here and there, there is, but in general, en masse, there's very little creativity and very little originality. It's kind of boring. Everybody looks alike. Everybody seems to strive to look alike.

    Source: www.elle.com
  • The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.

  • Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it.

  • Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. Judy Garland.
  • The only thing worth doing is what's never been done before.

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