“Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.”
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“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbor's, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.”
“An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.”
“The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.”
“Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought.”
“The originals are not original, but that Emersonian irony yield to the Emersonian pragmatism that the inventor knows how to borrow.”