Quotes by Imagination I knew I wanted to engage in the world of the imagination, but it was not economically feasible for me to study acting, so I went to a teachers' training college. Helen Mirren imaginationcollegeteacher If you cannot observe it, then you must meditate, contemplate and imagine it. It is wondrous that if you contemplate long enough, then eventually you will see it. When you are able to see something that cannot really be seen - that is wondrous. Henry Chang ableimaginationlong A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred to the exclusion of the other. Often both are used in turn by the same man. Henri Matisse artistimaginationmen Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. Helen Keller imaginationheartmotivational Certainly, for younger guys, Superman is this mythological character that they've thought about and explored in their imaginations... But one thing I really like about Superman fans is that they're so open-minded and excited and honest. There's something beautiful about their enjoyment of it - something very Superman-like. Henry Cavill imaginationbeautifulcharacter Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things that are far beyond our own imagination or prediction. This, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control. Henri Nouwen imaginationspiritualwaiting Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession. Henry Home, Lord Kames pleasureimaginationexpectations I became an actress because I discovered the world of the imagination when I was about 14 or so and the concept that you could engage in this amazing world of storytelling. I saw a production of Hamlet, and I didn't know Hamlet died in the end. Helen Mirren sawsimaginationworld I don't paint women, I paint pictures. . . What I am after above all is expression. If in a portrait I put eyes, a nose, a mouth, there isn't much use; on the contrary it paralyses the imagination of the spectator, and obliges us to see the person in a certain way. Henri Matisse eyeimaginationexpression Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights. Henry Adams weightimaginationwings Imagination is the organ through which the soul within us recognizes a soul without us; the spiritual eye by which the mind perceives and converses with the spiritualities of nature under her material forms; which tends to exalt even the senses into soul by discerning a soul in the objects of sense. Henry Norman Hudson eyeimaginationspiritual Anybody can do anything that he imagines. Henry Ford addictionimagineimagination What is distinctive about the U.S. is that higher education is under attack not because it is failing but because it is public. It is now considered dangerous because it has the potential to function as a site where a culture of questioning can operate, the imagination can blossom, and difficult questions can be openly debated and critically engaged. Henry Giroux difficult-questionsimaginationculture Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window. Henry James i-hate-youimaginationdoors The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. Henry George politicalimaginationphilosophy Public image is extremely important in American society and I observed personally that the Presidency of John F. Kennedy did much in the public mind for Harvard. Harvard was an excellent school before Kennedy, but Kennedy embodied a new vision for the United States: a leader who caught the world's imagination and that reflected on his alma mater, Harvard. Henry Rosovsky leaderimaginationschool I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. Henry James requirementsimaginationpeople The reason prophets are so rarely honored in their own country is that their role is to transcend the limits of their contemporaries' experience and imagination. They achieve recognition only when their vision has been turned into experience - in short, when it is too late to benefit from their foresight. Henry A. Kissinger visionimaginationcountry I hate photographs abstractly, because they have given me more ideas perversely and immovably wrong, than I ever should get by imagination. Henry Adams hateimaginationideas Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The childs mind must be set free. Henry Williamson creatingimaginationchildren«5657585960616263646566»
