Quotes: Originality

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD – the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.

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

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

He’s a man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

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