An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

Jean Cocteau

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Is it possible to say "It was a beautiful morning at the end of November" without feeling like Snoopy?

Umberto Eco

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A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

Sean Covey

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Plus, if you’re a copycat, you can never keep up. You’re always in a passive position. You never lead; you always follow. You give birth to something that’s already behind the times—just a knockoff, an inferior version of the original. That’s no way to live.

Jason Fried

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In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

Criss Jami

Tags: originality faith risk genius determination foolish illusion perseverance fool misunderstood taking-risks brilliance first-impression mistaken geniuses glance mistaken-identity wheels



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One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.

Criss Jami

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Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.

Criss Jami

Tags: success education natural originality humility authenticity winning creativity discovery pride business skill talents discipline real polish gifted excel niche



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Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

Criss Jami

Tags: individuality talent coolness originality conformity nonconformity independence fool skill trends cool



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When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.

Criss Jami

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Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

Criss Jami

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