Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C. S. Lewis

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. – George V. Higgins