It is better to be good than to be original.
Source: In Words of Wisdom, by Wm. Safire & Leonard Safire, 1989.
-- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, (Mar 27 1886-1969), German-US architect; He was the master of 20th-c. architecture who built the first steel and glass skyscraper, Seagram Bldg, NYC, 1956.