Quotes by Imagination In terms of essays, I would say Oliver Sacks. His breadth of hard knowledge and imagination and empathy seems to constitute the perfect mind to me. Hilary Mantel empathyimaginationperfect Imagination is the voice of the daring. Henry Miller daringvoiceimagination In Hollywood, the ... basic freedom of being able to choose between alternatives is absent. The gifted people who have the capacity for choice cannot exercise it; the executives who technically have the freedom of choice do not actually have it, because they usually lack the knowledge and imagination necessary for making such a choice. Hortense Powdermaker imaginationexercisepeople The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it. Henry David Thoreau trackartistimagination The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct. It appeared more beautiful to live low and farehard in many respects; and though I never did so, I went far enough to please my imagination. Henry David Thoreau imaginationanimalbeautiful True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination. Hosea Ballou imaginationsympathyreality The ones with no imagination are always the quickest to justify themselves. Haruki Murakami justifyimagination In a novel, the only budgetary limitations are that of your imagination. Howard Gordon limitationnovelimagination I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. Horace imaginationwishlooks A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with imagination has springs that break the jar and jolt. Henry Ward Beecher imaginationspringmen But intolerant,narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host,change form,and continue to thrive. They're a lost cause, and I don't want anyone like that coming in here. Haruki Murakami imaginationmindwant The whole terrible fight occured in the area of imagination. That is the precise location of our battlefield. It is there, that we experience our victories and defeats. Haruki Murakami victory-and-defeatfightingimagination I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo) Haruki Murakami scareimaginationmen You're afraid of imagination and even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the resposibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep and dreams are a part of sleep. When you're awake you can suppress imagination but you can't supress dreams. Haruki Murakami imaginationdreamsleep Remember this: one can be a strict logician or grammarian and at the same time full of imagination and music. Hermann Hesse strictimaginationremember I don't like to be challenged in the way that often happens, where somebody writes something and then you, as an actor, are expected to really make it up in your imagination. That's not really an ideal way of working. Hugh Dancy actorsimaginationwriting What for me is bliss and life and ecstasy and exaltation, the world in general seeks at most in imagination; in life it finds it absurd. Hermann Hesse exaltationimaginationworld [The purpose of flight research] is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected. Hugh Latimer Dryden realimaginationscience There are dons who care for the intellect and the imagination, and there are priests who care for the spirit; but broadly speaking the function of universities and churches alike is to trim and tame enthusiasm, to suppress curiosity, and, in short, to whittle immortal souls into serviceable props of the established order. Hugh Kingsmill soulimaginationorder I'd rather excite the imagination of a legion of readers and make pennies from each of them than hold off for a larger chunk of change from only a handful of fans. Hugh Howey fanspenniesimagination«5859606162636465666768»
