680 private quotes tagged imagination

“We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.” — Judy Garland

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“Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.” — Austin O'Malley

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“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” — Robert Fulghum

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“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.” — David Bailey

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“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” — Brad Henry

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“Death is the tyrant of the imagination.” — Barry Cornwall

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“I don't think art is propaganda it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” — Keith Haring

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“Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.” — David Hume

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“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.” — Jimi Hendrix

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“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.” — Henry Miller

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“I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.” — Dido Armstrong

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“My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination God suppose to look like you. And when you accept a picture of the deity assigned to you by another people, you become the spiritual prisoners of that other people.” — John Henrik Clarke

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“I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.” — Dweezil Zappa

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“I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.” — Marilyn Manson

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“One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning?” — Francis Cabot Lowell

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“Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.” — Paul Keating

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“You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.” — Azar Nafisi

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“Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the public's imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars.” — Paul Davies

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“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” — Jonas Salk

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“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” — Tom Stoppard

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“I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.” — Claire Danes

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“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.” — Norman Vincent Peale

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“There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way.” — Jane Campion

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“The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.” — Jessamyn West

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“There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.” — Frank Leahy

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