Today is the birthday of Arthur Koestler (September 5, 1905 – March 3, 1983), author of essays, novels and autobiographies. He is best known for his novel, Darkness At Noon (1940)."Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears."
- Arthur Koestler
"The scientist's discoveries impose his own order on chaos, as the composer or painter imposes his; an order that always refers to limited aspects of reality, and is based on the observer's frame of reference, which differs from period to period as a Rembrant nude differs from a nude by Manet."
- 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
"“The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life."
- Arthur Koestler
"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards."
- Arthur Koestler
"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."
- Arthur Koestler
"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."
- Arthur Koestler
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