Quotes About Imagination

Od urodzenia zauwa?aÅ'a rzeczy, na które nikt inny nie zwracaÅ' uwagi: w chmurach dostrzegaÅ'a twarze, poÅ›ród pary, która po deszczu okrywa mgÅ'Ä… leÅ›ne poszycie, podziwiaÅ'a taÅ"czÄ…ce duchy. Kiedy przyglÄ…daÅ'a siÄ™ bryÅ'om ziemi, odkrywaÅ'a w nich ksztaÅ'ty, które nam umykaÅ'y, widziaÅ'a na przykÅ'ad konia i odsÅ'aniaÅ'a go, babrzÄ…c siÄ™ w glinie, szlifujÄ…c i wygÅ'adzajÄ…c.

To wyobra?nia wyró?nia, wyobra?nia przeÅ'amuje pospolito??, powtarzalno??, jednolito??. W przeznaczeniu zabawek dostrzegÅ'em przeznaczenie ludzi: tylko wyobra?nia, tworzÄ…c fikcjÄ™ i wymarzone wiÄ™zi, rodzi coÅ› oryginalnego. Bez niej bylibyÅ›myy podobni, zbyt podobni, zbli?eni do siebie, rozpÅ'aszczeni jeden na drugich w koszach rzeczywistoÅ›ci.

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À l'envers des nuages, il y a toujours un ciel.

There were always men who looked beyond the dimensions of their own society- and while they may have been called fools or criminals in their time they are the roster of great men as far as the record of human history is concerned- and visualized something which can be called universally human and which is not identical with what a particular society assumes human nature to be. There were always men who were bold and imaginative enough to see beyond the frontiers of their own existence.

Writing, by its nature, can be self-exposing, because at heart we have only our own experiences as our starting points, though in the best novels those experiences are transformed into new and separate truths by the creative power of the imagination.

Every time you read a book your mind touches that of the person who wrote it – even if they died a long time ago.

He dreamed of becoming a fully illustrated man.

Is reading a sport?

At last she said: 'I can help you, I know I can, I will. But it is a big task for a small person. Do children in your world usually perform such tasks?' Nathan thought of all the books he had ever read, of the Pevensies, Colin and Susan, Harry Potter, Lyra Belacqua, and a hundred others. 'All the time,' he said.

The food doesn't matter, really. What it evokes does.

My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves.

You have to free your brain to roam to places that are a little impractical, and innovation consultants have come up with some great ways to encourage that. One of my favorites comes from Legrand, who tells people in group brainstorming sessions to try to come up with the WORST possible ideas that they can think of. ... Once you have a list of really, really bad suggestions - and coming up with them does force your brain to work in a different way - you try to flip them over into the positive.

You prefer fantastical endings rather than those which illustrate reality," Slater said. "In my view there are cheerful endings and sad endings but they are all fantastical by definition—otherwise they would not be classified as fiction.

I have often sat in that chair behind my desk and wondered how you would look lying naked here on this sofa. It was a form of self-inflicted torture." "Good heavens

Some people find that reading novels is very therapeutic precisely because it does allow one to view reality from an entirely different perspective.

Let me enjoy my fan-wanking. Your what? Let me arrange the story to meet my own personal needs.

Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.

If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life.

Books are what I escaped to when I was a kid, and books...unless they're just really piss poor, I get swept up in them and I'm gone.

Have you ever heard wolves howl in a place where wolves do not reside?

I draw a door on the floor and tell him, This is where dad used to take me for dinner.

She looked up and out and jumped into the stars, into the famous valley of light.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.