Arthur Koestler Quotes About Creativity

Quotes about: Creativity

• The creativity and pathology of the human mind are, after all, two sides of the same medal coined in the evolutionary mint. The first is responsible for the splendour of our cathedrals, the second for the gargoyles that decorate them to remind us that the world is full of monsters, devils, and succubi.

  Arthur Koestler

  Creativity, Two Sides, Mind

  Arthur Koestler, Harold Harris (1975). “Astride the two cultures: Arthur Koestler at 70”, Not Avail

• Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

  Arthur Koestler

  Inspiring, Teacher, Educational

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

  Arthur Koestler

  Inspirational, Education, Business

  Arthur Koestler (1964). “The Act of Creation”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

• True creativity often starts where language ends.

  Arthur Koestler

  Inspirational, Business, Creativity

  Arthur Koestler (1969). “The Act of Creation”

• Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

  Arthur Koestler

  Creativity, Originality, Defeat

  Arthur Koestler, Harold Harris (1975). “Astride the two cultures: Arthur Koestler at 70”, Not Avail

• Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five

  Arthur Koestler

  Creativity, Two, Together

  1964 The Act of Creation.

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

  Arthur Koestler

  Art, Creativity, Originality

  Arthur Koestler (1969). “The Act of Creation”

• Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.

  Arthur Koestler

  Creativity, Self, Empathy

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