Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

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

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

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.

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.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

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.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.