Quotes by Hungarian authors

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Small: Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it
"Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home?"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Till now man has been up against Nature from now on he will be up against his own nature
"Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature"
Dennis Gabor, Scientist
Small: I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided
"I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the prima
"The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday"
Dennis Gabor, Scientist
Small: The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know
"The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC
Andy Grove
"Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC"
Andy Grove, Businessman
Small: There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry
"There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him
"Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: For the past ten years I have had no financial problems
"For the past ten years I have had no financial problems"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him
"Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter
"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists
"I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything
"I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I dont use old music
"I don't use old music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris
"But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers
"The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million
"The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity
"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: A writers ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years time and for
"A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar
"A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the
Andy Grove
"There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline"
Andy Grove, Businessman
Small: Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music
"Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow
"If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together
"I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I only want to give a metaphysic for my music
"I only want to give a metaphysic for my music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I like to stay home and listen to recordings
"I like to stay home and listen to recordings"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people
"But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: First of all I listen to music. I like music
"First of all I listen to music. I like music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards
"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: Only the paranoid survive
Andy Grove
"Only the paranoid survive"
Andy Grove, Businessman
Small: The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theor
"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, Novelist
Small: One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions
"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
Small: Love is a game that two can play and both win
"Love is a game that two can play and both win"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: I love the fast lane
"I love the fast lane"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly
"I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: After all the work Ive done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?
"After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course
George Mikes
"In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them"
George Mikes, Writer
Small: Ive always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms
"I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes t
"The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: Im acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the gre
"I'm acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the greatest part"
Eva Gabor, Actress