22 quotes
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation”
— Herman Melville
“I am not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I am the first Simone Biles.”
— Simone Biles
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different”
— Coco Chanel
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind.”
— Nikola Tesla
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
— Matsuo Bashō
“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”
— Oscar Wilde
“I have never wished to cater to the crowd for what the crowd wants is what it already knows”
— Virgil Thomson
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
— Voltaire
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise seek what they sought”
— Matsuo Basho
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading you can only think what everyone else is thinking”
— Haruki Murakami
“An original is a creation motivated by desire any reproduction is motivated by necessity”
— Man Ray
“Nothing is original steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration”
— Jim Jarmusch
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.”
— John Mason
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
— Aldous Huxley
“The hallmark of originality is rejecting the default and exploring whether a better option exists.”
— Adam Grant
“Being original does not require being first it just means being different and better”
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Creativity is selective theft.”
— Austin Kleon
“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”
— Rumi
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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