Quotes about Originality

If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else's shadow, they might wilt.

The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.

Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful.

The best way to be original is to be yourself.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

I think it is very important in this business to be an individual

No man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence about how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self.

U svakom podru?ju života, tajna je originalnosti prestati pokušavati biti originalan i re?i istinu onako kako je vidiš.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality.