#origin

There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marx's Capital. ↗

— Al Capp

#books #capital #certain #critique #every

No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#eternal #expressive #gifted #heart #himself

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. ↗

— Lord Acton

#greek #moves #nature #nothing #origin

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#be original #copy #only #order #original

Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along. ↗

— Tim Conway

#around #asked #benefits #charity #come

It's Frank's painting on the cover. We were originally going to use a Salvador Dali painting that we got permission from Salvador Dali to use, and Frank found this one, and it really did fit the music much more. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#dali #did #fit #found #frank

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#origins #our #perceptions

Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. ↗

— Joan Didion

#down #every #go #like #novels

Up until college age I was using the typical little-boy dummy that sits on the knee and makes woodpecker jokes. My first original character didn't happen until later, and that was Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#character #college #dummy #first #happen

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. ↗

— Bono

#colours #emotional #feelings #occupy #original