"Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation."

-- George Gershwin

#Ideas Quotes #Use Quotes #Originality Quotes

“Let heaven-eyed Prudence battle with Desire.”

Source : James Thomas Fields (1849). “Poems”, p.16
“An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball.”
“We only need to walk or bike ten percent of the time to make a significant change in society. That is just two days of walking, bicycling or taking transit per month for a typical commuter.”
“If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In recognizing exactly where we have been unconscious, we become more conscious. And in seeing and feeling the ways we've gone dead, we start to revive and kindle our desire to live more expansively.”

Source : John Welwood (1996). “Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship”, Harpercollins
“I build the individual modules to meet a demand. If I need the music to change direction, I want to have the tools to be able to do that.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun.”
“There have been studies concluding that most people mostly know people only within their own social class - although such a conclusion would hardly surprise anyone. I think there's evidence to suggest that it's even narrower - the great majority of friends of Ivy Leaguers, for instance, are Ivy Leaguers. This narrows the pool of people who can write fiction cutting across class boundaries that's informed by their own personal experience.”

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