They say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", but I am not so sure. While I do look for inspiration in lots of places, I do my best not to straight up copy and always put my personal spin on it. I worry about not being an original, a forward thinker, a pioneer. Am I creative enough? Am I original enough? Maybe it is the new year coming and there are resolutions and reflections on my mind. Here are a few things I have been mulling over...
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple; awesomely simple, that is creativity.
~Charles Mingus
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
~Herman Melville
“The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.”
~anonymous
“Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing.”
~Eli Siegel
“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.”
~Charles Mingus
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