Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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.

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.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

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 profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.