When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies, “Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life.”
Original Quotes
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
If they haven’t heard it before it’s original.
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life.
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated ; the only question is; “Is it true in and for itself?”
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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.
