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An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same read more
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing. - Letters of Rainer read more
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing. - Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. - What Is Literature?
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. - What Is Literature?
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
No great thing is created suddenly.
No great thing is created suddenly.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
