Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first read more

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

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.