Quotes About Originality

The future of dance?  If I knew, I’d want to do it first.

— Martha Graham

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the other.  We are all prime numbers divisible only by ourselves.

— Jean Guitton

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

— James Stephens

What is originality?  Undetected plagiarism.

— Dean William R. Inge

My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.

— H. L. Mencken

People who take time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.

— John Miller

There is no new thing under the sun.

— Ecclesiastes 1:9