1. “All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.” (Clement Greenberg)

2. “Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.” (Alan Alda)

3. “The original insight is most likely to come when elements stored in different compartments of the mind drift into the open, jostle one another, and now and then form new combinations.” (Eric Hoffer)

4. “Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.” (Friedrich Nietzsche)

5. “The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” (Mark Twain)

Stolen with pride from all over the place!