Bennett Miller Quotes

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Of course you can't do anything completely original.

Strive to be different and better than what is already out there if you are creating - Benjamin Clementine does that.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

Every band I've worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they've gone somewhere that nobody else has been.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare.

The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.

I think it is - the biggest plus the performer can have is to be a little unique.

I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things.

I always make sure that every film of mine has some element of freshness to it.

I fear becoming formulaic. Some of my books are.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

I always imagine, and try to be on the lookout, for new things, for references that can inspire me creatively so I can showcase things that people haven't done before or that are new.

I don't get inspired by too many people because I like uniqueness. I'm a unique dude.

Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

For me, novelty matters; uniqueness matters.

I find it inspiring and I always think when I'm working on something new, whether it's a new kind of character or a new kind of story or new kind of camera, it gets my creative wheels spinning.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work.

I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.