Saul Griffith Quotes

I don't think anybody came into the movie business to be unoriginal and plagiarising and not having an original idea in their brain.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

If you do come up with a new idea, in 4 seconds it will belong to somebody else.

Never hesitate to steal a good idea.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.

Actually, everything has been said in print... it's a battle of giants and it's something that Walt would say is none of your business - go right on and create the best you can.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Inspiration is one thing. Stealing is another.

If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci and all these guys making stuff in their garage.

I've seen a lot of people stealing from what I do. Some people show love and say thank you and tell me how I was an inspired for them.

We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.

Thus, from admiration of one wise and innocent child, and from a misheard remark, the process that not even Aristotle could codify was triggered. Where do you get your ideas? I purposely mishear things.

Like in comedy, you know the names of the people who steal things that others work really hard on. It really sucks. And, in magic, it's not just the hard work of getting the words and attitude and point of view right; you're taking an actual invention, making something over three or four years, and somebody can just take it.

I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor

One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.