Arthur Koestler Quotes

Enjoy our collection of quotes by famous people like Arthur Koestler. Arthur Koestler born on September 5, 1905, Budapest and died on March 3, 1983. He was an author of essays, novels and autobiographies. Here are a couple of favorites; "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." by Arthur Koestler, and "A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar." by Arthur Koestler.

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

True creativity often starts where language ends.
Arthur Koestler

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

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

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
Arthur Koestler

The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million.
Arthur Koestler

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.
Arthur Koestler

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

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.
Arthur Koestler

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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