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A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
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.
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
Originality is the art of concealing your sources
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.
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.
No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's read more
No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.
