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.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

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.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

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

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

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.