Quotes by Imagination Wit is the flower of the imagination. Livy witflowerimagination We have all lost our possessions and many of us our homes," he said. "But these losses, severe though they may seem, remind us of what no person can take, and that is our minds and our imaginations. Lloyd Jones imaginationlosshome Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy tales. Then read more fairy tales. Lloyd Alexander imaginationbelievepeople I've been trying to redefine fragrance since I was a child - before I was ten. Throughout my life, certain fragrance notes have captured my imagination - especially liquorice, violet and anise, flooding back into my consciousness. Lolita Lempicka imaginationtryingchildren Can you measure it? Can you express it in figures? Can you make a model of it? If not, your theory is apt to be based more upon imagination than upon knowledge. Lord Kelvin figurestheoryimagination Bricks without straw are more easily made than imagination without memories. Lord Dunsany bricksimaginationmemories I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it. Lord Dunsany becomingimaginationneeds If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else. Lloyd Alexander imaginationifs I've often tried to describe how memory works. I've suggested this to students, and told them to close their eyes and try to remember what I look like. Then I ask them if they remember what I look like. But when you open your eyes you will be surprised how different what you thought I looked like is to what I actually look like. Because the imagination is a different raw material from actual vision. Memory is very different from the thing itself. Lore Segal eyeimaginationmemories I'm convinced that imagination is at the heart of everything we do - in art, science, even astrophysics and higher mathematics. Imagination leads us to ask, "What if?" Lloyd Alexander what-ifimaginationart Our generation grew up with the Review as a fact of life. It was America’s literary magazine. To our minds, it still is. It has launched our favorite writers. It has made a special claim for the quarterly as such, being both timely and lasting, free of the news of the day or the pressure to please a crowd. Most of all, the Review has shown, repeatedly, that works of imagination can be as stylish and urgent as the flashiest feature reporting, and can do more to refocus our picture of the world. Lorin Stein our-generationimaginationamerica If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive. Lord Byron optical-illusionsimaginationmen The ability to discern the thoughts and motives of your heart (especially when experiencing intense emotion) is an essential skill for the believer. Recognizing thoughts and imaginations of the heart is a prerequisite of bringing them 'captive to the obedience of Christ'. Lou Priolo skillsimaginationheart Your imagination, my dear fellow, is worth more than you imagine. Louis Aragon imaginationstudentsinspirational God has given us our talents, not to copy the talents of others, but rather to use our brains and imagination in order to obtain the revelation of true beauty. Louis Comfort Tiffany imaginationbrainorder Imagination should be integrated with life, not turned into a separate activity, art, that monopolizes one's whole existence. Louis Dudek imaginationshouldart It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake. Lord Byron poetryimaginationearthquakes It is only when memory is filtered through imagination that the films we make will have real depth. Louis Malle realimaginationmemories To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and pain. Our journey is entirely imaginary, which is its strength. Louis-Ferdinand Celine painimaginationjourney A man's life is colored by the dye of his imagination. Louis Nizer visionimaginationmen«9293949596979899100101102»
