originative

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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whereas motion is a property of matter, intelligence is an originative power working out purposes of its own choosing.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

On the one hand there are originative factors which produce those changes in living creatures which make them different from their fellows.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)

The originative power, masterful vigour, and fiery energy which still characterized Mr. Gladstone after passing his eightieth year were so extraordinary that his followers almost regarded him as immortal. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Watts’s power, on the other hand, lies in his great originative and imaginative genius, and he reminds us of Æschylus or Michael Angelo in the startling vividness of his conceptions. 

From Miscellanies by Ross, Robert