Pablo Picasso Quotes

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

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

I'm not original, but I strive toward it as much as possible. I tried really hard on Weekend Update to do something that I considered original, which was, I tried to cut all cleverness out of the joke.

The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.

Originality is a return to the origin.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

The element of truth in the concept of genius is to be sought in the object, in what is open, not confined by repetition.

The best things that capture your imagination are ones you hadn't thought of before and that aren't talked about in the news all the time.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

I think the important thing about staying creative and staying sharp and original is not to look back too much.

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them.

Imitation always stinks. When I take photos, I don't go back. I don't look at the past. I'm always original.

Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there.

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.

I never feel I repeat myself. I really go out of my way to amuse myself. I would be bored stiff. If I feel the déjavu when I'm doing something, I stop and rethink and rework it.

Even If you're doing the same thing over & over, U need to discover something new, fantastic & unbelievable that went unnoticed the time before.

The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another.

The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

Make something new, and define territory that's never been. I fall in love with shows because I've never see that before. I fall in love with new vocabularies.

What I like on Kickstarter is when I see real innovation and I see people building something new. It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren't passing the technology forward.

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the opposite of being creative.