The Genetic Continuity of Expression

“It’s folly to make too much of originality. So much of what we make rests on work that’s come before. Let’s admit this and revel in it. Though it might make some people nervous, it actually cushions us in a genetic continuity of expression, and what could be more reassuring?” — Rick Prelinger (via Full-Stop.net)

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