Andre Gide Quotes

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

My biggest challenge in my career is not looking or sounding like anybody.

In the era we came up in, you had to have your own thing.

Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.

Be as unique and original as possible.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

No man was ever great by imitation.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

No age is compelled to take its beauty from preceding epochs.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.