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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was an Austrian novelist and poet, known for her delicate emotions and profound insights. Her works are considered an important representative of European literature at the end of the 19th century. more

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“I do not rush into constructive work. When I get an idea, I start right away to build it up in my mind. I change the structure, I make improvements, I experiment, I run the device in my mind. It is absolutely the same to me whether I operate my turbine in thought or test it actually in my shop. It makes no difference, the results are the same. In this way, you see, I can rapidly develop and perfect an invention, without touching anything.”

“How many understand that Nature is the essential character of whatever is. It's something you'll find by looking not at, but in, always in. It's always inside the thing, and it makes the outside. And some day, when you get sufficiently proficient in understanding the use of the term, you can tell by the outside pretty much from what's inside.”