He who is most creative conceals his sources the best.
Those most creative at innovation often best conceal their sources and intellectual debt; suggests both the complexity of originality and the temptation to claim false credit.
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Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.
— Johann W. von Goethe
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
— François-René de Chateaubriand
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— Goethe
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— John L. Mason
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— Unknown
