Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.


As quoted by Jean Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Française (October 1955)


Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.