Quotes by Imagination When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted. Daniel Espinosa youfreedomimaginationlife If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination. Daniel Espinosa yoursomethingyouimagination Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities. Orison Swett Marden thoughtslimitsrealimagination I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from the place where you write. The domestic rituals and details somehow kill the imagination. They kill the demon in me. Orhan Pamuk meyouimaginationsleep I don't have a great imagination to share something with you that you don't know, so it's about interpreting things - a dialogue. Nate Lowman greatknowyouimagination Imagination and invention go hand in hand. Remember how lack of resources was never a problem in childhood games? Shift a few pieces of furniture around the living room, and you have yourself a fort. Alexandra Adornetto yourselfyouchildhoodimagination Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us haven't pondered the concept of infinity or imagined the possibility of time travel? In one of her poems, Emily Bronte likens imagination to a constant companion, but I prefer to think of it as a built-in entertainment system. Alexandra Adornetto thinkimaginationtimetravel I know kids who say they have nothing to do and then go plop themselves down in front of the television to watch a movie or play Nintendo or Xbox. I think there is nothing better for killing creativity and imagination. Alexandra Adornetto downbettercreativityimagination My role as a novelist is to explore ideas and imagination, and hopefully that will inspire people from my world to continue dreaming and to believe in dreams. Alexis Wright dreamsimaginationbelievepeople I'm really quite normal. My imagination has some serious kinks in it, that's all. Allan Guthrie somenormalseriousimagination The human imagination can connect to practically anything. Amy Gerstler connecthumananythingimagination Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are not free to use your imagination and creativity to fill in any missing gaps within the story. Amy Bloom youcreativityimaginationfacts Imagination makes us shape better stories, sure, but it also allows us to multiply possibilities. Amitava Kumar possibilitiesusbetterimagination Imagination allows you to bend the rules of the temporal world. Amy Sherald rulesyouimaginationworld I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. Andrew Wyeth meimaginationfatherhistory A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it's reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go. Ann Cleeves stepexperienceimaginationwork I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination. Anna Deavere Smith womanyouimaginationhome I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of classes that taught me I would never be a novelist. I discovered I had no imagination. My short stories were always thinly veiled memoir. Anne Fadiman shortnevermeimagination For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War, they cultivated anonymity while pursuing some of the country's most covert projects. Conspiracy theories were left to popular imagination. Annie Jacobsen imaginationmenwarcountry I did spend a lot of time as a child very confused about whether I had a devil in me, or whether I was in a state of grace. I mean, these ideas are so potent to anybody with half an imagination. Antony Gormley medevilimaginationtime«177178179180181182183184185186187»
