Quote of George Orwell - Whoever tries to imagine perfection simply...
Biography - George Orwell:
George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is an English novelist, essayist and journalist. He was born in Motihari, British India.
Born: 1903 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: India
Born: 1903 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: India
Whoever tries to imagine perfection simply reveals his own emptiness.
Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes about perfection:
It seems that perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Quotes for: imagination
Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.
All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
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