Arthur C. Clarke — People

A man in a cardigan smokes a pipe at a desk in a 1960s study, a model rocket on the shelf and a rocket trail streaking past the night window. — Original artwork

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Arthur C. Clarke

Villagers gather on a moonlit English green as a satellite overhead casts a spotlight beam on a man holding up a glowing ring. — Original artwork

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

A sleek white rocket-plane climbs past the edge of the atmosphere above the curve of Earth, an old parchment map peeling away at the side. — Original artwork

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke