#originality

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss. ↗

— Michael Chabon

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Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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Originality is really important. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#originality #really

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms. ↗

— Anthony Storr

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originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#knowledge #originality #self-esteem #wisdom #self-knowledge

I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind. ↗

— Patti Smith

#inspiration #janis-joplin #jim-morrison #music #originality

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

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