Originality Quotes - Page 4
'Discourses on Art' (ed. R. Wark, 1975) no. 3 (14 December 1770)
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
"Cock and harlequin: Notes concerning music". Book by Jean Cocteau, 1921.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
"Gaudy Night". Book by Dorothy L. Sayers, 1936.
Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.
James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.63
Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.124, Octagon Press Ltd
What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.
Daniel Webster (1851). “The Works”, p.433
Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.
Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Many have original minds who do not think it - they are led away by custom!
John Keats (2015). “John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets”, p.439, e-artnow