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The original is unfaithful to the translation.
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions read more
The human mind cannot create anything. It produces nothing until after having been fertilized by experience and meditation; its acquisitions are the gems of its production.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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.
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
