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Quotes about originality
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. (Farrell Colin)
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. (Farrell Colin)
The original is unfaithful to the translation. (Farrell Colin)
The true is inimitable, the false untransformable. (Farrell Colin)
Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere. (Farrell Colin)
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. (Farrell Colin)
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. (Farrell Colin)
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. (Farrell Colin)
All cases are unique and very similar to others. (Farrell Colin)
The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before. (Farrell Colin)
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first. (Farrell Colin)
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself? (Farrell Colin)
Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. (Farrell Colin)
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. (Farrell Colin)
People would rather be wrong than be different. (Farrell Colin)
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good. (Farrell Colin)
I found you essay to be good and original. However, the part that was original was not good and the part that was good was not original. (Farrell Colin)
A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men. (Farrell Colin)
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. (Farrell Colin)
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. (Farrell Colin)
We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are. (Farrell Colin)
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. (Farrell Colin)
But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. (Farrell Colin)
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. (Farrell Colin)
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. (Farrell Colin)
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