Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

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.

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.

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

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

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

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 profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.