Branches Quote by Anthony Marais

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

— Samuel Johnson

Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.

— Angela Duckworth

Human nature is fond of novelty.

— Pliny the Elder

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Intelligence seems to blossom in the barest ground.

— Charles Murray

Being a novelty had its advantages.

— Jessica Savitch

For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift.

— G. H. Hardy

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.

— Honore de Balzac

Intelligence is the seeing of what is.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.

— Eva Zeisel

Innovation for holders of conventional wisdom is not novelty but annihilation.

— Marshall McLuhan