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.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that read more

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

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.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think read more

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.

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; whatsoever he believes, read more

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

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.