Any page by Paul Goodman will give you not only originality and brilliance but wisdom, that is, something to think about. He is our peculiar, urban, twentieth-century Thoreau, the quintessential American mind of our time.
Most of my cliches aren't original.
It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions.
Only those with no memory insist on their originality.
It's certainly going to be different from what people have seen before.
Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers.
Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.
Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.
Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
The originality of a subject is in its treatment.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.
Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.
I really do not aim at any originality.
Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.