“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.”
“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.”
“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
“You forget what you want to remember and remember what you would prefer to forget.”
“Writing is the art of remembering and forgetting. You must forget what you’ve already written, because if you’re dwelling on your old material you can’t write new material, and you must remember all you’ve written and read, so you are not duplicating already existing writing.”
“The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.”