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Without moving beyond a mere copy, there is no artistry, no originality or artistic advancement; only mechanics. -- Jennifer Young
I pretend no originality in observing that mass education was motivated in part by the perceived need to "educate them to keep them from our throats," to borrow Ralph Waldo Emerson's parody of elite fears that inspired early advocates of public mass education. -- Noam Chomsky
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. -- Blaise Pascal
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality. -- Jackie Chan
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. -- James Stephens
The thing that I was brought up to prize above everything else is the intellect. There is no problem that the intellect cannot solve, but it never had an original thought. Originality is the realm of the unconscious. -- Alan Garner
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists. -- Joanna Scott
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. -- C. S. Lewis
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it will be of no interest to writers with any literary ambition, as its constraints are designed to stymie even the most rudimentary impulses - even the first flickering of a dangerous originality. -- Russell Smith
Originality is no excuse for ignorance. -- Fred Brooks
Only those with no memory insist on their originality. -- Coco Chanel
All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching. -- Charles Spurgeon
There is no such thing as group originality, group creativity or group perspicacity. -- Edwin Land
Newton expected no money from establishing his originality but rather desired recognition for his excellence. -- Tyler Cowen
To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any. -- Les Paul
Never change your originality for the sake of others because no one can play your role better than you. -- Lyn
Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality. -- Walter Kaufmann
Originality is not doing something no one else has ever done, but doing what has been done countless times with new life, new breath. -- Marie Chapian
In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another. -- Blaise Pascal

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