Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. – Voltaire
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. – Lawrence J. Peters
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. – Dorothy L. Sayers
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. – Friedrich Nietzsche
One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes. – Banksy
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. – Thomas W Higginson
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. – James Stephens
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. – John Stuart Mill
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man. – Thomas Carlyle
There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original. – Richard Russo
You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for? – Bernadette Peters
Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality. – Kahlil Gibran
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all. – Abraham Lincoln
Insist upon yourself. Be original. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be different so that people can see you clearly amongst the crowds. – Mehmet Murat ildan
An envious heart can’t be original. – Toba Beta
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. – John Stuart Mill
Just as a photocopied article is without colour so is anyone who desires to be like someone else.
Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work. – Clive Barker
I’d rather live the life of an unknown original than to live a life of a famous clone.
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