Quotes About Imagination

The imagination is the power that enables us to perceive the normal in the abnormal, the opposite of chaos in chaos.

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.

Genius is only a superior power of seeing.

Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the devices of mere comprehension.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Photography has the power to undo your assumptions about the world.

The power of imagination is infinite.

The wonder of imagination is this: It has the power to light its own fire.

The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.

I only feel, but want the power to paint.

The cumulative power of doing things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind: You're going to be dreaming soon.

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.

For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .

As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.

We almost need another word for fairy, that's the thing. Once people get to see what fairies' real power is, then they understand.

The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.

Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.

By the power of Steven Wright's Beard!

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.

We have the power to make reality. Why make it inside boundaries, when the boundless is so near?