The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

Oscar Wilde

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Borrowing and creativity Creativity

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Olivia at the Lyceum Dramatic Review

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Ireland Europe

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Wilde, Oscar. "Olivia at the Lyceum." Dramatic Review, 30 May 1885.

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The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift [On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic]. Leipzig: Verlag von C. G. Neumann, 1887, essay 1.

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Some people are far more sensitive to resemblances, and far more ready to point out wherein they consist, than others are. They are the wits, the poets, the inventors, the scientific men, the practical geniuses.

William James

The Principles of Psychology

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Combinatorial creativity Creativity

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William James
Source
The Principles of Psychology
Genre
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James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 13.