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.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

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.

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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.