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

Quote by Arthur Koestler

Topics: Genius Quotes

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out

Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity

Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil...

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil...

A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.

A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.

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

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

True creativity often starts where language ends.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

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

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

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

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

Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together...

Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together...

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

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

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

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

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton...

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton...

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

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

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

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.