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What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
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.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
All cases are unique and very similar to others.
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.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
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.
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.
