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
Nothing, indeed, in the history of art is more remarkable than the fertility of this originative genius, no less industrious in labour than fruitful of results for men who followed him.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington
Youth is daring and originative; middle age is less venturesome, but it possesses, on the other hand, a wider range of experience.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
The creative power often confers no clearness of vision on its possessor; the best critics are seldom originative men.
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Thales, the pioneer of this philosophy, maintained that Water was the originative principle of all things.
From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by Marshall, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
