Quotes by Hungarian authors
I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true.
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter
My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.
Gregor Mendel
Biologist
No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple thought. This thought or incident grows, and the story slowly unfolds itself. You have time to find your premise in the mass of your material later. The important thing is to find it.
Lajos Egri
Hungarian playwright
I didn't give that name, the Rubik's Cube, and I called it Magic Cube because it's magic.
Erno Rubik
Hungarian inventor
I think creativity is a capability of human being. When we're born, we're - all of us has this capability. But part of us forget to use it.
Erno Rubik
Hungarian inventor
I wouldn't mind doing those sinister roles again, but in pictures I will direct myself.
Peter Lorre
American investor
Property is a nuisance.
Paul Erdos
Hungarian mathematician
Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
Imre Lakatos
Hungarian philosopher
Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.
Eva Zeisel
industrial designer
The Cube was a wonder - a wonder for itself and a wonder for myself. To me, it was much more strange than to anybody else.
Erno Rubik
Hungarian inventor
Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.
Lajos Kossuth
Former Prime Minister of Hungary
It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on!
Barbara Palvin
Hungarian model
There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.
Barbara Palvin
Hungarian model
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
Arthur Koestler
Author
There is no self-portrait of me.
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter
Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
Lajos Egri
Hungarian playwright
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
Paul Erdos
Hungarian mathematician
Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.
Imre Lakatos
Hungarian philosopher
The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary.
Lajos Kossuth
Former Prime Minister of Hungary
Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter
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