393 Quotes About Originality

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.

That which is original creates a new origin. That which is original, by definition, must stray off the previously worn paths. It must wander; it must err.

I was not born in a vacuum. Every thought I have belongs to someone else.

Le Génie ne décourage pas le Génie.

There is a difference between staying original and staying rigid. And there is no point in being the latter.

...and I know it’s not terribly original, it’s nothing earth-shattering, I know it’s all been said a thousand times, but that may be true of everything in life that really matters, and anyhow, just because something isn’t original doesn’t mean it isn’t true, in fact maybe that’s how the truth usually is – monotonous, boring, not original at all.

Don't worry what other people think, be who you want to be.

As someone once said, originality is not taking from somebody else. It's when nobody can take it from you and repeat it.