The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as expect an original idea from a human brain.
One wishes our friends, the critics, would grasp this simple truth, and leave off clamoring for the impossible, and being shocked because they do not get it.


Dreams (1886)


The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as ...

The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as ...

The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as ...

The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as ...