Yevgeny ZamyatinTrue literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.
About This Quote
This quote is a key section of a famous and widely-read essay, “Why Is There No Literature in the Age of Science and Technology?” It was written by the American science fiction writer and philosopher Robert A. Heinlein in 1961. Heinlein called for an age of science and reason to be replaced by one in which hard work, curiosity, experimentation, and study are paramount. In this age, he wrote, men would no longer be satisfied to simply accept what they were being told.
They would have the courage to question everything. They would dig deeper and ask more questions. They would be curious about the world around them and would ask questions that defy common sense.
So, in a word: rebellion!
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