Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think read more

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

I invent nothing. I rediscover.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

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.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.