Creative Quotations from . . .
Elias Canetti
(1905-1994) born on Jul 25
Swiss author. "His works explore the emotions of crowds, and the position of the individual at odds with the society around him; wrote "Crowds and Power," 1960."
 
   
F
The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer."

R
The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something tricklike about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.
A
It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
N
"The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation."
K
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments 1973-1985," "1975," 1991."
R: ""The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments 1973-1985," "1973," 1991."
A: ""The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments 1973-1985," "1981," 1991."
N: ""The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments 1973-1985," "1973," 1991."
K: ""The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments 1973-1985," "1974," 1991."



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