Simon Spurr Quotes

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

I want to evolve each season. I never want to be one of those brands where people know what they're going to see. I always want an element of surprise. One thing I never want to do is copy what anybody else is doing. I have a signature, and it's very important to me to stay true to that.

Trends are dangerous; you will fail if you design for them. You cannot follow the work of others. I have my own DNA, my own formula. I always stay true to myself and to the brand.

When I sing, I try to make the song my own and sing it my way because, in my mind, I am not following any school of thought. I just make myself free.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.

My game is me. I didn't try to pattern my game after nobody.

You have to move to your own beat.

Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.

In anything you do, it's important to have your own personality there.

I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.

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

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

Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

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.

I made a statement all my own.

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.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

My style is all to myself.

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.