Quotes About Imagination

Stand still, true poet that you are! I know you; let me try and draw you. Some night you'll fail us: when afar You rise, remember one man saw you, Knew you, and named a star!

Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life.

A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know.

When you meet a man, don't you always idly wonder what he'd be like in bed? I do.

The gross feeder is a man in the larva state; and there are whole nations in that condition, nations without fancy or imagination,whose vast abdomens betray them.

Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized.

When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact to his understanding, I foresee that all men will at length establish their lives on that basis.

A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with imagination has springs that break the jar and jolt.

A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.

All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.

Are not poets men who fulfill their hopes prematurely?

The man is either crazy or he is a poet.

I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read.

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

Theology emerged not as a course of knowledge but as a feast of homily and imagination and exaggeration in which every man could find his image and his portion. And yet there were limits.

You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?

A tiny little wooden man [was] slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: Reusable Hangman — Spell It Or He'll Swing!

The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?

I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.

I grew up reading comics. I was primarily an 'X-Men' fan, but I definitely dressed up as Spider-Man for Halloween when I was, like, 12 years old. Maybe younger than that.

Man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams .

I loved the world of Oz. I guess as a young man, I was just drawn to fantasy worlds. I liked being transported to alternative realms where a lot of my early imagination was sparked.