Arthur Koestler Quotes about Creativity

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Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

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

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Arthur Koestler

Inspirational, Business, Creativity

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

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”

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