Quote by Andre Maurois

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentr

Summary

This quote suggests that true originality cannot be achieved by embracing eccentricity, or being excessively unconventional or peculiar. To be profoundly original, one must steer clear of eccentric tendencies and find a balance between being unique and relatable. It implies that originality lies in unconventional and innovative ideas that are nevertheless still grounded in an understanding of societal norms. By avoiding the extremes of eccentricity, individuals can create something truly groundbreaking and impactful while still being relatable and influential to a wider audience.

Topics

Innovation

By Andre Maurois

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed b

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.

Dwight D Eisenhower

Diplomacy

Prayer and practice is good rhyme.

Prayer and practice is good rhyme.

Scottish Proverb

Prayer

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.

Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov)

Communism

CNN found that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in

CNN found that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in America. Women admire her because she's strong and successful. Men admire her because she allows her husband to cheat and get away with it.

Men

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new informati

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.

Intuition

That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and the

That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace.

Truth Responsibility Philosophy

I believe in local control of education.

I believe in local control of education.

Education

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to spea

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to m

I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work - a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before. So this award is only mine in trust. It will not be difficult to find a dedication for the money part of it commensurate with the purpose and significance of its origin. But I would like to do the same with the acclaim too, by using this moment as a pinnacle from which I might be listened to by the young men and women already dedicated to the same anguish and travail, among whom is already that one who will some day stand here where I am standing.

William Faulkner, Nobel Acceptan

Humanity

God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individua

God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Nature

The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Virtue

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

Anthony Robbins

Information