Every true artist does feel, consciously or unconsciously, that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The mind of man possesses a sort of creative power on its own; either in representing at pleasure the images of things… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“And that's the last chapter of the history of the world: in which we create, through the workings of the imagination, a… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“Wetiko doesn't objectively exist, and yet, at the same time, it is not merely our projection or imagination. Instead of an either/or… — Paul Levy Copy Share Image
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
You take fantasies, which for thousands of years belonged to the religious realm - overcoming death or our merging with the universe… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
Public image is extremely important in American society and I observed personally that the Presidency of John F. Kennedy did much in… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
“You and your beauty’s world! They say imagination is always ahead of the dream, So I imagine about you, your ways, your… — Javid Ahmad Tak Copy Share Image
There's so much more that I want to do. Of course it's great what has happened so far: Ultra, Coachella, EDC. But… — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
There's really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
“Think about your dreams. Think of every detail of what you want to manifest. Imagine every person included in your plans. Sense… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
To one degree or another, everybody is connected to the Mystery, and everybody secretly yearns to expand the connection. That requires expanding… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“takes curiosity to find your call to adventure, it takes courage to venture into the unknown, and it takes imagination to create… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
Imagination, which is a quality writers must have, does not mean the ability to weave pretty stories out of nothing. In the… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“Imagination cannot easily transcend the boundaries of the present, and one reason for this is that it must borrow machinery that is… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Even the richest,… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done… — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people. I can be sold by the candy in life, and then it can be stripped away within… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Imagination is a tree. It has the integrative virtues of a tree. It is root and boughs. It lives between earth and… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
A thrumming of piano-strings beyond the gardens and through the elms. At length the melody steals into my being. I know not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The profession of magician, isone of the most perilous and arduous specialisations of the imagination. On the one handthere is the hostility… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. Let me warn you… — Percival Lowell Copy Share Image
“Human imagination is a powerful thing. It can be a sanctuary from difficult times, a catalyst to change society, or the impetus… — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
“- “The consequence?” - “Globalization.” - “Implication?” - “Our fate is reflected in our most famous invention: the computer. Those local area… — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in the question of how we perceive something, how consciousness goes from one thing, like looking at you in… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
“[Imagination] is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I have never had much confidence in my own work, and even now when I am assured (still much to my grateful… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one.… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear. I've been a man, a woman,… — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true.… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching… — Maria von Trapp Copy Share Image
Indeed, the ideal for a well-functioning democratic state is like the ideal for a gentleman's well-cut suit it is not noticed. For… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, a dark shape came into my room at night. It was dark, but it glowed, which is the… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children’s book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I’ve been hearing… — Paul O. Zelinsky Copy Share Image