“Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life.” KnowsWorldSelfLawSinIgnoranceBrokenClaimsExcuseOriginalitySelf KnowledgeNo ExcusesUnattainableSinningUnknowingIgnorance Of The Law Author:Clarice Lispector
“With its claims to profundity, boldness and originality, thinking still limits itself provisionally to the exclusively rational and scientific. ... As soon as it lays hold of the feelings, it becomes spirit.” ThinkingStillsFeelingsSpiritLimitsClaimsLaysRationalOriginalityBoldnessProfundity Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses
“Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That he was first to repeat them? No. None of these things has any value. He confers on them their only originality that has any value, and that is his way of telling them.” WayFirstsLyingValuesPoetBirthClaimsRepeatsOriginalityEpisodesIncidents Author:Mark Twain
“If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of view.” IfsMy OwnViewsPersonalityClaimsInvestingPoint Of ViewOriginalitySardonicMy Own Personality Author:James Hunter
“There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity.” BrainTalentClaimsStriveDenyIndifferenceDesperateMediocrityOriginalityBehaviourVulgarFashionableNormalityEccentricityFlamboyant Author:Katherine Dunn
“Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That he was first to repeat them? No. None of these things has any value. He confers on them their only originality that has any value, and that is his way of telling them." Mark Twain "...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.” PeopleWayFirstsLyingValuesLiteratureLinesWrittenPoetBirthClaimsMarkChiefsCharacteristicsRepeatsOriginalityEpisodesIncidents Author:Edith Wharton