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What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for read more
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for himself, not for another.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that read more
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.
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
