Quotes About Imagination

Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.

It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity

Man sagt: gefallen«, verbessert die Mutter. »Als ob er hingefallen wäre? Das verstehe ich nicht. Er ist doch tot.« »Ja.« Der Vater hat sich eine Zigarette angezündet. »Viele sind tot, Hunderttausende liegen tot da draußen. Und vielleicht, weil man sich das nicht vorstellen mag, nennt man es so.«

Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart.

The mathematics are usually considered as being the very antipodes of Poesy. Yet Mathesis and Poesy are of the closest kindred, for they are both works of the imagination.

Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not shackled by the nagging analytical mind, which often serves only to intimidate imaginative thought.

Symmetrical art is a closed form, perfect in itself and frozen in completeness; asymmetrical art invites the observer in, to expand his imagination and to become part of the process of creation.

The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

The best way to get a good idea is to get a Lot of ideas. —LINUS PAULING

They overlook the possibility that brainstorming can be a skill, an art, more like playing the piano than tying your shoes.

Good brainstorms are extremely visual. They include sketching, mind mapping, diagrams, and stick figures. You don't have to be an artist to get your point across with a sketch or diagram.

Vina e un vis, mila e singura realitate.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous."

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.

Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada

The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.