Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

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.

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 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 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.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.