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Originality Quotes
On borrowing, imitation, and what 'original' really means.
These quotes take a pointedly skeptical view of originality, with more than one voice defining it as little more than undetected plagiarism. Even the most original writers, one line argues, borrowed from one another, a paradox worth weighing against Creativity quotes.
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
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Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.
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The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
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Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.
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Originality is really important.
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Originality is the art of concealing your source.
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Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.
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