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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.
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.
