The thing represented had to pass through two distorting lenses: the artist's mind, and his medium of expression, before it emerged as a man-made dream - the two, of course, being intimately connected and interacting with each other.
In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot. - Arthur Koestler
In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot.
- Arthur Koestler
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or caus… - Arthur Koestler
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or caus…
I believe that the evidence for telepathy is overwhelming and that it is a part of reality that is above science. Science allows us to glimpse [only]… - Arthur Koestler
I believe that the evidence for telepathy is overwhelming and that it is a part of reality that is above science. Science allows us to glimpse [only]…
In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean. - Arthur Koestler
In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.
I went to Communism as one goes to a spring of fresh water, and I left Communism as one clambers out of a poisoned river strewn with the wreckage of … - Arthur Koestler
I went to Communism as one goes to a spring of fresh water, and I left Communism as one clambers out of a poisoned river strewn with the wreckage of …
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. - Arthur Koestler
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
Two half truths do not make a truth. - Arthur Koestler
Two half truths do not make a truth.
The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose co… - Arthur Koestler
The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose co…
The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, fac… - Arthur Koestler
The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, fac…
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