Quotes About Imagination

Art comes from life, not from the studio

A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment's life - that's me.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.

You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.

All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.

Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.

It's much easier to tame a wild idea than invigorate one that has no life in the first place.

I have a vision of life, and I try to find equivalents for it in the form of photographs.

Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.

One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in a mine shaft, even if they think the sun is shining.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

If you're walking the path of the dreamer, everything is possible.

If you want to get somewhere in this life, learn to draw beautiful women.

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up

I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?