Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRASwas a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1917
art impact firsts
The moment when one first meets a great work of art has an impact that can never again be recaptured.
stars voice one-day
The universe must be full of voices, calling from star to star in a myriad tongues. One day we shall join that cosmic conversation.
imagination want wells
I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.
humility men astronomy
Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.
book writing should-have
No trilogy should have more than four books.
mind facts feeble-minds
Only feeble minds are paralyzed by facts.
blood wish fiction
Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an operational definition: science fiction is something that COULD happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that COULDN'T happen - though often you only wish that it could.
crazy people curiosity
Somewhere in me is a curiosity sensor. I want to know what's over the next hill. You know, people can live longer without food than without information. Without information, you'd go crazy.
past changed folly
Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.
running decision needs
Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee-at least not all the time.
facts fantastic certain
The one fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic.
technology practice matter
Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.
teacher children teaching
The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our children for their future, not our past...
beauty moving heart
When beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart, and only its absence can produce any emotional effect.