Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

Make a technical contribution; innovate, don't emulate.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality.

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Originality finds the unexpected but inevitable next step.

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences

All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching.

All thoughtful men are solitary and original in themselves.

The only thing worth doing is what's never been done before.

Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.

What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.

I don't think I've ever made a claim to startling originality.

Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

Show some originality and never wear one designer head to toe.

Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.

Originality is when you mix two things that haven't been mixed.

The glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own.

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.

We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.

Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

They who have light in themselves will not revolve as satellites.

Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board.

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing.

There is no such thing as a completely original technique or subject.

Creativity is the defeat of habit by imposing originality and change.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

On parochial school I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

Beware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you're not prepared to be original.

It's certainly going to be different from what people have seen before.

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.

Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.

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