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Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

~Arthur Koestler

Topics: Death Illusion More Nothing Sad Than

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One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.

~Arthur Koestler

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The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

~Arthur Koestler

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True creativity often starts where language ends.

~Arthur Koestler

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The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

~Arthur Koestler

Topics: Frontiers Genius Mark New Opening Originality Perfection Principle

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Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

~Arthur Koestler

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Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

~Arthur Koestler

Topics: Actions Courage Fears Influenced Never Your

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A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time.

~Arthur Koestler

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Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

~Arthur Koestler

Topics: Empty Face Grin His Out Reaching Stars

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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

~Arthur Koestler

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Biography

Nationality: Hungarian

Type: Novelist

Born: September 5th, 1905

Died: March 3rd, 1983

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