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It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life.
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
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.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
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.
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.
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.
