Quotes About Imagination

My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work.

It's the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more.

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.

A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image.

A visual image is a simple thing, a picture that enters the eyes.

I learned just recently, in fact, that a lot of people who read do not form a visual image from what they're reading. They just don't. They follow the events and get the resonance with the language, but they have only a vague, general idea of what the characters look like.

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

I believe in creative visualization.

Visualization - it's been huge for me. Your mind doesn't know the difference between imagination and reality. You can't always practice perfectly - my fingers will play a little bit out of tune, or my dance moves might not be as sharp - but in my mind, I can practice perfectly.

Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.

I have had acupuncture regularly, and I engage in visualization, which is actually an actor's tool, visualizing myself kicking out the cancer, making up scenarios.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

The key thing if you're a writer is to visualize the scene and convey it to the penciller and turn the penciller loose.

I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.

Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like.

I don't really think too much about special effects because that's not really something I can clearly visualize, so I leave that to the pros.

If I wanted an open space, I could do a documentary about fishes. Then I would have an open space to play my music. That's not how I visualize the work I'm doing.

When you're calculating variations - especially long ones - it really helps to visualize the board.

I love to sell, to visualize something for someone and make them see it.

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it.

When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.

How do you visualize something you've never seen and just imagined, through someone you love very much?

The more you have in your toolbox, if you can visualize or have a moment to provide you a visual, as an actor, that's paramount.

I like to take the floor apart mentally. I like to visualize an opponent going for you.