The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, read more

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.

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.

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.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.