Larry Ellison 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.

Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

If anyone thinks they have set a formula for success, that's not true. Because if that were to happen then people would only be copying that formula and every following film would be a copy alone.

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

Don't impersonate. Innovate.

It's hard work to find your own voice and not to copycat anything.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.

You can't make experimental work by copying past work.

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

We've all forgotten how to be original.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

You don't want to just do 'me too' companies that are copying what others are doing.

I never wanted the temptation to imitate or emulate something that had been done beforehand.

You can’t learn your craft by copying me or anyone else. I hope what I do can do is in some way inspire others but I would be appalled if I thought my work was being studied as ‘the right way to do the job’. My way is just one of an infinite number of ways to do the job.

Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

I do not believe great organizations have ever been built by trying to emulate another, any more than individual greatness is achieved by trying to copy another 'great person'.

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

Imitation is for shirkers, like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers, unifying for the creators.

As for me, the only stuff I've ever had success with is when I'm trying to be completely original and not thinking about mirroring what else is out there.

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