“What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.”
“What moves men of genius, or rather, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is not enough.”
“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.”
“Men of genius are made not by new ideas, but by an idea which possesses them, namely, that what has been said has not yet been sufficiently said.”
“We are not here to do what has already been done.”
“One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself.”