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.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.

What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.

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.

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

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

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.