There’s no such thing as originality, just authenticity.

He also said “Yes, there are original ways to express thoughts, ideas, concepts and philosophies, but no, the actual subject upon which these thought, ideas, concepts and philosophies are based on, are not original.”

Mark Twain’s Thoughts On Plagiarism and Originality

Link: https://unicheck.com/blog/mark-t

Mark Twain thought that there was no such thing as plagiarism, because there was no such thing as originality. Was he right?