Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. Read Summary
It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new. Read Summary
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Read Summary
There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon. Read Summary
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. Read Summary
Good artists copy, great artists steal. Read Summary
Words derive their power from the original word. Read Summary
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. Read Summary
I don't throw shade at anybody like, 'You sound like me.' Read Summary
I like aiming for the producers who are hungry. I don't chase the wave. Read Summary
Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it. Read Summary
The comics I hate are thieves. Nothing's more disgusting than a guy who steals another person's ideas and tries to claim them as his own. Read Summary
When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago. Read Summary
Originality is really important. Read Summary
We are second-hand people. We have lived on what we have been told, either guided by our inclinations, our tendencies, or compelled to accept by circumstances and environment. We are the result of all kinds of influences, and there is nothing new in us, nothing that we have discovered for ourselves: nothing original, pristine, clear. Read Summary
Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. Read Summary
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. Read Summary
When the whole point of Queen was to be original. Read Summary
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. Read Summary
It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too. Read Summary