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“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.”
W. H. Auden
“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”
Edith Wharton
“The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.”
Thomas Carlyle
“Originality is merely an illusion”
M.C. Escher
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
Flaubert
“Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.”
Georges Seurat
“The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.”
Blaise Pascal
“Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.”
James Stephens
“Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.”
David Mamet
