Kurt Wilhelm Marek Quotes

Germany, Author
January 20, 1915 – April, 12, 1972.

C. W. Ceram (20 January 1915 – 12 April 1972) was the pseudonym of German journalist and author Kurt Wilhelm Marek, known for his popular works about archaeology. He chose to write under a pseudonym to distance himself from his earlier work as a propagandist for the Third Reich.

Also known as Journalist

Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly self-discipline and moderation. Explorations among the ruins of the remote past have carried curious men all over the face of the earth… Yet in truth, no science is more adventurous than archaeology, if adventure is thought of as a mixture of spirit and deed.

Kurt Wilhelm Marek
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.

Kurt Wilhelm Marek