“Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.”
“Nothing is original. It says it right there in the Bible. Ecclesiastes:That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of previous ideas.”
“We are not here to do what has already been done.”
“What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.”
“One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself.”
“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”