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We are the only living creatures who can create a context, and as far as we know, everything else can only follow a context, without recognizing the context as such. Herein lies the source of creativity and the genuinely new.
Hubert Burda
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We are the only living creatures who can create a context, and as far as we know, everything else can only follow a context, without recognizing the context as such. Herein lies the source of creativity and the genuinely new. — Hubert Burda

About Hubert Burda

Hubert Burda was a Historian from German (1940–present).

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This quote is attributed to Hubert Burda, a Historian from German.
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Hubert Burda lived from 1940 – present.
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