Famous quotes containing the words original, text and/or related:
“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.”
—Jean Cocteau (18891963)
“If ever I should condescend to prose,
Ill write poetical commandments, which
Shall supersede beyond all doubt all those
That went before; in these I shall enrich
My text with many things that no one knows,
And carry precept to the highest pitch:
Ill call the work Longinus oer a Bottle,
Or, Every Poet his own Aristotle.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“Becoming responsible adults is no longer a matter of whether children hang up their pajamas or put dirty towels in the hamper, but whether they care about themselves and othersand whether they see everyday chores as related to how we treat this planet.”
—Eda Le Shan (20th century)