“Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination. Every time you give them a new metaphor, a mustard seed,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“To me, the best, if not the only function of imaginative writing, is to lead the human imagination outward, to take it… — Clark Ashton Smith Copy Share Image
Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Take a bunch of little kids to the beach and they all make art. Adults are too stupid to call it art,… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
“Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“Words are little houses, each with its cellar and garret. Common-sense lives on the ground floor, always ready to engage in "foreign… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
It was over in a blink of an eye, that moment when aviation stirred the modern imagination. Aviation was transformed from recklessness… — George Will Copy Share Image
“I am an explorer,' she whispered, 'setting courageously off into the wild unknown.' It was not a daydream she'd ever had before,… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Now, we are agreed, I and my destinies. The total world, Above, below, whate'er is seen or known, And all that men,… — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
What are the lessons learned? Well, I think number one is curiosity. It's the most powerful thing you own. Imagination is a… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
I was there when Sam Raimi showed Stan Lee the first cut of the first Spider-Man movie. I was on a couch… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
All my desires are born of my dreams. And I have proven my love with words. To what fantastic creatures have I… — Paul Eluard Copy Share Image
The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Reality became for me a problem after my experience with LSD. Before, I had believed there was only one reality, the reality… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
There's been a greater awareness among people, especially geeks, that the laws of physics don't allow that much wiggle room in terms… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
Whenever you permit yourself to think what persons, things, conditions, or circumstances may suggest, you are not following what you want to… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
Learning a musical instrument is challenging, it demands fine motor skills and coordination. It develops children's listening, thinking skills, imagination and perseverance.… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
While about one-third of Americans believe in ghosts, you won't find many exhibits on these spooky beings down at the local science… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
It really was not that difficult a process, because I was playing [Data from Star Trek] something that doesn't exist. So it… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
The child awakens to a universe. The mind of the child to a world of meaning. Imagination to a world of beauty.… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
My sister was actually more of the sci-fi/fantasy person. I wasn't into it as much, although I think it allows you to… — Kristin Kreuk Copy Share Image
Acting is a challenge at times. I mean, when you have scenes where you're jumping into a mascot bear to travel back… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
The worst evils of life are those which do not exist except in our imagination. If we had no troubles but real… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Certain acts dazzle us and light up blurred surfaces, if our eyes are sharp enough to see them in a flash, for… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
Fantasy consists in a morbid fascination with unrealities, which secretly transforms itself into a desire to make them real. Imagination is a… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand the changes… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
“Designer Charles Eames, arguably the quintessential Renaissance Man of the twentieth century, used to complain good-naturedly that he devoted only about one… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
The image can only be studied through the image, by dreaming images as they gather in reverie. It is a non-sense to… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Exercise your imagination muscle! How many uses can you come up with for a flowerpot? Write down your answers. But don't write… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Man was first a hunter, and an artist: his early vestiges tell us that alone. But he must always have dreamed, and… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
I was always in and out of school. What I learned in high school is that female friendships are so much more… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after the… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“Yet velvet curtains, soft cheese, compelling work and boys who can run full-tilt—it isn't enough. And if it isn't, it isn't. There's… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
Utopias are presented for our inspection as a critique of the human state. If they are to be treated as anything but… — William Golding Copy Share Image
“He thought he was walking along a dusty road that showed white in the gathering darkness of a summer night. Whence and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
![“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]” quote by Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d90/baruch-spinoza-1338_anticipation_fear-cannot-be-without-hope-nor-hope-wit_304096.jpg)
![“It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way he analyzes not only this country but also the history of this country, the images that this country is fabricating through Hollywood, and what consequence that has in our…” quote by Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b52/raoul-peck-8162_consequence_it-was-really-always-about-bringing-back_1244605.jpg)
![“It really was not that difficult a process, because I was playing [Data from Star Trek] something that doesn't exist. So it was really based on... Imagination was the key element in that, and whatever I could think of, I could do, because there was no precedent for it. It wasn't like someone was…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/eb1/brent-spiner-2999_android_it-really-was-not-that-difficult-a-proce_1525472.png)
![“The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after the death of the vegetated [i.e. mortal] body. This world of imagination is infinite and eternal, whereas the world of generation is finite and temporal. There exist in that eternal world the…” quote by William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7bd/william-blake-397_body_the-world-of-imagination-is-the-world-of_2279822.jpg)
