Quotes by Imagination Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute. Franklin Pierce Adams minuteonlyyouimagination Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare. Frederick Henry Hedge manimaginationpowermen A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination. Fred G. Gosman parentsneverchildimagination Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming. Francis Spufford self-awarenesssamemoreimagination Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science. Ada Lovelace whichusimaginationscience Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live. Ada Lovelace walkexcellenceimaginationhope I find that nothing but very close and intense application to subjects of a scientific nature now seems at all to keep my imagination from running wild, or to stop up the void which seems to be left in my mind from a want of excitement. Ada Lovelace nothingnatureimaginationmind Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment. Edmund Phelps facebooklikecreativityimagination For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I wrote my novels on London and New York, I found wonderful historical atlases. Paris has the most lavish maps of all. Edward Rutherfurd newresearchimaginationlove People seem to have trouble with the imagination. They can't believe that you can just pull things out of your brain like that. Edward P. Jones youimaginationbrainpeople Few cities have been more definitely impressed upon the imagination of the world than San Francisco, this gray-hilled city on the peninsula by the hospitable bay, where Saint Francis protects the ships as he protected the birds of Assisi. Edwin Markham birdscityimaginationworld Dolls fire our collective imagination, for better and - too often - for worse. From life-size dolls the same height as the little girls who carry them, to dolls whose long hair can 'grow' longer, to Barbie and her fashionable sisters, dolls do double duty as child's play and the focus of adult art and adult fear. Ellen Datlow imaginationfirefearart I'll be happy if I can gain even the smallest place inside the literary imagination of U.S. readers. Elliot Perlman be-happyplaceimaginationhappy Fairy tales were great because they provided a no-limits playground for my imagination, and growing up, there's nothing more exciting. Elliot Knight nothinggreatgrowing-upimagination I think acting is a work of imagination. Elodie Yung thinkactingimaginationwork Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves. Elvis Duran costumefindinghalloweenimagination In acting, every day is different, and I guess it appeals to my storytelling imagination. But I've been very fortunate to get the chance to do what I want to do and earn a living from it to pay the mortgage. Emilia Fox every-daydaychanceimagination I was always putting on plays for my family. Usually silly ones. I used my imagination a lot, and it was something that came naturally to me. Emily Beecham mealwaysfamilyimagination You have to really use your imagination to refresh your daily life. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt dailyyouimaginationlife It was David McCullough's 'The Johnstown Flood' that lit my imagination as to how I might one day go about writing book-length nonfiction, though my favorite of his books is 'Mornings on Horseback,' about the young Teddy Roosevelt. Erik Larson daygoimaginationwriting«182183184185186187188189190191192»
