Only through art can we get outside of ourselves and know another's view of the universe which is not the same as… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way… — David Alan Harvey Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert here. I'm talking about an experience I had rather than something I intellectually worked out. From what I… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
These are the stories of travelers on a spiritual quest between worlds. Part mythmaker, part poet, Omar Castaeda is an original, and… — Toi Derricotte Copy Share Image
New writers seem to pop up from everywhere. And quite a few of them are really good and original. — Toni Jerrman Copy Share Image
In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Predigested food' should be inscribed over every hall of learning as a warning to all who do not wish to lose their… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers. I had the privilege recently… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Here the artist is, as it were, an archaeologist, uncovering deeper and deeper strata as he works, recovering not an ancient civilization,… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
I've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Personally, I just want to work on stuff that challenges me, that excites me, and that I think is original. You want… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Right before I went to Pacifica, I had written and performed a one-woman show and I consider that to be my original… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Home is oneness, home is my original nature. It is right here, simply in what is. There is nowhere else I have… — Tony Parsons Copy Share Image
If we look round the world, there seem to be not above six distinct varieties in the human species, each of which… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
