"The principle mark of genius is not perfection……" — Arthur Koestler
"The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers."
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…
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You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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