#originality

Art builds upon art, builds upon art...nothing is purely original. We're all inspired by something...or someone. It's a never-ending chain of ideas...and it's magical. ↗

— Shannon Taylor Hodnett

#ideas #inspiration #magical #never-ending #originality

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#comfortable #first #general #habits #know

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#common sense #courage #good #good taste #great

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#common sense #courage #good #good taste #great

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice. ↗

— Amy Tan

#clever #enough #i #originality #own

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

How are we suppose to thrive when everything we do in life is done to hinder us? We know more from the streets than from school. More from movies than books. The world is constantly trying to contain you, to make your life harder. You have to break free from this viscous current. Don't you see? Or you will be swept away into a sea of ordinary. ↗

— B.S. Wood

#difficulties #hope #inspirational #learning #motivational

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ↗

— Nnamdi Azikiwe

#essence #originality #scholar #scholarship #soul

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had. ↗

— Robin Cousins

#dance #deal #figure #figure skating #form

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

— Raymond Radiguet

#else #everybody #everybody else #failing #like