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"Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual."

— Arthur Koestler

Creative Activity Could Be Described As

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

— Arthur Koestler
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From The Act of Creation (1964), attributed in some sources also to Koestler's essay collection Drinkers of Infinity (1968). Koestler's theory of creativity holds that genuine creative breakthroughs resemble a learning process in which the same mind simultaneously generates a problem and discovers its solution — the "pupil" who is puzzled and the "teacher" who achieves clarity are one and the same person. This stands in contrast to conventional education, where the student is presented with finished theorems rather than the excitement of discovery.

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The Act of Creation, 1964

Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of Bach or Tolstoy, but in the act of creation itself.
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