#origin

The unique must be fulfilled. ↗

— Martha Graham

#originality #originality

Be yourself. The world worships the original. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#originality

¿De qué otra forma se puede amenazar que no sea de muerte? Lo interesante, lo original, sería que alguien lo amenace a uno con la inmortalidad. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#muerte #originality

People can have lovers..they can have friends..they can be together..but when you think about it..you'll see that originally..we're alone ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#originality

You think of yourself as a citizen of the universe. You think you belong to this world of dust and matter. Out of this dust you have created a personal image, and have forgotten about the essence of your true origin ↗

— Rumi

#iran #persian-poetry #rumi #rumi-poetry #originality

... the pursuit of origins is a way of rescuing territory from death and oblivion, a reconquest that ought to be patient, devoted, relentless and faithful. ↗

— Amin Maalouf

#genealogy #origins #death

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#consider #follow #knowledge #live #made

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#creative #fresh #only #original #shadows

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#algerian #am #born #i #i am

All disgust is originally disgust at touching. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#originally #touching