The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Das Schönste, was wir erfahren können, ist das Mysteriöse. Es ist der Quell aller wahren Kunst und Wissenschaft.

Albert Einstein

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The mysterious Awe Wonder Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13 Forum and Century

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

German

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Physicist Scientist

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13." Forum and Century, Oct. 1930, vol. 84, issue 4, pp. 193-194.

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The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Vocation Work

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Language
English
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Smith, Logan Pearsall. "Art and Letters." Afterthoughts. Constable & Company, 1931.

Another quote about Creativity

One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Inner turmoil Genius Creativity

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.

Another quote originally in German

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people.

Karl Marx

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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Decline of religion Religion

Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie [On the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law]. Frankfurt, 1927.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, 2009.