Quotes About Imagination

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door.

In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Creativity is an act of defiance.

Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

Remember this when you're struggling for a big idea. You're much better off scratching for a small one.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

The goal is to connect with something old so it becomes new. Look and imagine.

I am magnetically drawn to images, whether they're paintings, photographs, film, or video. They are all lodestones of inspiration to me.

Planning lets you impose order on the chaotic process of making something new, but when it's taken too far you get locked into a status quo, and creative thinking is about breaking free from the status quo, even from one you made yourself.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable.

We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us.

The real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.

There are some people who, when they speak, no matter what the topic, seem to draw you into their own worldview, almost like an act of magic, like you are stepping into a movie, TV show, computer game, or graphic novel of their making. This can be a sign of their energy and creativity.

The most striking results are for the job category of inventors. If you are looking for inventors, IQ is by far the most significant of all the measurable variables we have. Furthermore, at higher levels of measured IQ the probability of becoming an inventor rises all the more.

You don't do design. Design does you

The dream will outlive the dreamer so dream big.

The truth is I had to imagine myself in a better place," I explained. "Because sometimes the nights got so cold and the days

Then I shared a favorite scripture, one that has guided me through life: The power of life and death lie in the tongue. "You can speak life or you can speak death," I went on. "I chose to speak life into my situation. I chose to use my imagination to take me higher. Not just in this life, but higher in Christ.

When people have never felt the power of their own wings, they can't imagine taking flight.