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I invent nothing. I rediscover.
I invent nothing. I rediscover.
When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and read more
When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.
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 more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
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.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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.