The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills.
Arthur KoestlerThe principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
Arthur KoestlerHitherto man had to live with the idea of death as an individual; from now onward mankind will have to live with the idea of its death as a species.
Arthur KoestlerIf the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it out.
Arthur Koestler