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

Limit opportunity, restrict the field of originative achievement, and you have cut out the heart and root of all prosperity.

From The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People by Wilson, Woodrow

Man is originative in character; and poets—"of imagination all compact"—catch this new form of life, and we call the picture poetry.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

The child must himself be originative, directive, and executive in the learning process if cram is to be avoided completely.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)

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)