Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth.
We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.
The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest.
What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality.
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
The proponents of Steinitz' theory - Tarrasch and his supporters - tried to express Steinitz' teaching in the form of laconic rules, and as often happens in such cases, they went too far. The laconic tended to become dogmatic, and chess began to lose its freshness, originality and charm.
To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.
Imitations only better the original.
Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.
Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced lack of sensitivity in underestimating (ourselves and others) than in overestimating.
Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.
Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.
No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought.
I really do not aim at any originality.
A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.
The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else.
Originality is when you mix two things that haven't been mixed.