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"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."
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"You walk like others? You talk like others? You think like others? Then the world doesn't need you because others are already abundant in the world! Be original!"
"Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing."
"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
"No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted."
"She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary regard for what had been said before."
"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels."
"When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality."
"Admirations are never paid in any way, try to make yourself of what you admire, and it will pay you with originality."
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"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."
"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."
"As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things."
"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them."
"Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art."
"Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed."
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