Quotes by Imagination Imagination paints a charming view of the future, conveniently adapted to the demands of our current emotion. John Armstrong demandimaginationviews Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics. John B. S. Haldane imagination I, myself, have had many failures and I've learned that if you are not failing a lot, you are probably not being as creative as you could be -you aren't stretching your imagination. John Backus learningcreativeimagination Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe simple-lifeimagineimagination Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination. John B. S. Haldane cagesimaginationreality I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator. Joe Rogan commentatorsimaginationsports It wasn't until I had performed by first autopsy that I realized that even the drabest human exteriors could contain the most beautiful viscera. After that, I would console myself for the plainness of my fellow bus-riders by dissecting them in my imagination. John B. S. Haldane imaginationbeautifulfirsts When he painted a road, the roadmakers were there in his imagination, when he painted the turned earth of a ploughed field, the gesture of the blade turning the earth was included in his own act. Whenever he looked he saw the labour of existence; and this labour, recognised as such, was what constituted reality for him. (On Vincent Van Gogh) John Berger imaginationearthreality It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path. John Burdett finalssafetyimagination The secret of survival is a defective imagination. John Banville survivalimaginationsecret Christ, what an imagination I've got! John Brunner imaginationchrist That image or rather that Person, so human, yet so entirely Divine, has a power to fill the imagination, to arrest the affections, to deepen and purify the conscience, which nothing else in the world has. John Campbell Shairp affectionimaginationworld I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimulated, is to liberate your imagination. John C. McGinley boredimaginationblessed Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the devices of mere comprehension. John Clellon Holmes riskimaginationbook Imagination is the beginning of reality. Jim Rohn imaginationreality I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting. I hope to show that ours is a regularly taught profession; that it is scientific as well as poetic; that imagination alone never did, and never can, produce works that are to stand by a comparison with realities. John Constable imaginationrealitylooks But You know Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man. John Constable mistressimaginationmen Few ideas are in themselves practical. It is for want of imagination in applying them that they fail. The creative process does not end with an idea-it only starts with an idea. John D. Arnold creativeimaginationideas The writer cultivates, extends, raises and inflates his imagination, sure that this is his destiny, his usefulness, his contribution to the understanding of good and evil. As he inflates his imagination he inflates his capacity for evil. John Cheever destinyimaginationevil I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton. John C. Reilly imaginationplaykids«7475767778798081828384»
