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Arthur Koestler Quotes: Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
         

Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.


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This page presents the quote "Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.". Author of this quote is Arthur Koestler. This quote is about empathy, denial, freedom, creativity, habit, self, negation,.