Quotes About Introspection

We have ... dreamed so much and observed so little, that our imaginations have grown larger than the world we live in, and our judgments have dwindled down to a point.

Artists with serious aspirations need to be left alone to follow the course of their own imagination.

Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.

In the deepest realm of being, is the imagination of ourselves. What is your next evolutionary leap? What are you imagining, (for yourself) right now?

You have to be careful what you imagine, because the act of imagining is the act of encouraging yourself to be a certain kind of person.

It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination.

One function of the imagination in autobiographical writing is to allow the writer to try out different versions of the self.

I find it depressing that people think you have to be on drugs to watch [my stuff], that's a cop out, use your brain, use your imagination.

Living too much in one's head can be dangerous.

We do live, all of us, on many different levels, and for most artists the world of imagination is more real than the world of the kitchen sink.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination.

The imagination can be happy in places where the whole man is not.

I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I remember.

What we call music is what reminds us of ourselves. And sometimes electronic music helps lead the imagination to a space that seems outside of ourselves. But it never really is.

It's hard being quiet when one's imagination is so loud

Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts.

I existed in a cocoon, wrapped in daydreams. It's dangerous to be too much alone with an imagination.

I live in my own head and it all makes sense to me.

People often get their imagination's mixed up with their memories.

Let us leave pretty women to men without imagination.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Always stay in your own movie.

There are worse places to be than on your own.