#originality

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#constantly #originality #quarrel #thing

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#mistakes #only #originality #universal

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

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#come #comedies #different #difficult #find

Originality is the art of concealing your source. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#concealing #originality #source #your

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

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

— Anthony Storr

#being #beyond #bold #enough #go

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

#determination #first-impression #fool #foolish #genius

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