Quotes about Originality
It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity
— Lewis Carroll
Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
— George Bernard Shaw
Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see-and hits it.
— Anonymous
Creativity has got to start with humanity.
— Marilyn Monroe
There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them.
— Albert Einstein
The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.
— Charles Swindoll
The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
— Steven Pressfield
If you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without every having noticed it.
— CS Lewis
If you're just going to be like everyone else, why are you even doing this?
— Jason Fried
When you just copy and paste, you miss that. You just repurpose the last layer instead of understanding all the layers underneath.
— Jason Fried