--- title: "7 Imagination Empathy Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Imagination Empathy quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Imagination Empathy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/edward-norton-2203_asks_a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on_489088.jpg" --- > [A lot of people ask, "What do you pull on in your own life from your character?" In all honesty, it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on-in-your-own-life-from-your/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/edward-norton-2203_asks_a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on_489088.jpg) > [I think there's such a fine line in a relationship. The role of imagination and privacy... how much space can you allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kitamura/i-think-there-s-such-a-fine-line-in-a-relationship-the-role-of/) [Katie Kitamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kitamura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/katie-kitamura-13105_cybersecurity_i-think-there-s-such-a-fine-line-in-a-re_1772865.jpg) > [“Why would I what?” Will asked, wanting another bite of his burger. “Why would you risk your job teaching some stupid fantasy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lane/why-would-i-what-will-asked-wanting-another-bite-of-his-burger-why/) [Amy Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/amy-lane-2185_abuse-of-power_why-would-i-what-will-asked-wanting-anot_2027111.jpg) > [“And I think for a moment, because people don't actually ask that very often. They tell me what they think I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-lucas/and-i-think-for-a-moment-because-people-don-t-actually-ask-that-very/) [Rachael Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-lucas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/rachael-lucas-116964_aspergers-syndrome_and-i-think-for-a-moment-because-people_2252468.jpg) > [“Most of us think about empathy as a “feeling” or an “emotion.” It is. To be empathetic is to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-schwartz/most-of-us-think-about-empathy-as-a-feeling-or-an-emotion-it-is-to-be/) [Barry Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/barry-schwartz-19557_compassion_most-of-us-think-about-empathy-as-a-feel_2623268.jpg) > [The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision — plus it's a lot of fun to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myla-goldberg/the-curious-incident-brims-with-imagination-empathy-and-vision-plus/) [Myla Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myla-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/myla-goldberg-29130_curious_the-curious-incident-brims-with-imaginat_2730912.png) > [“We got talking about how some people were selfish and some weren’t, and the difference between right-wing people and left-wing people. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-banks/we-got-talking-about-how-some-people-were-selfish-and-some-weren-t/) [Iain Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/iain-banks-3752_creative-people_we-got-talking-about-how-some-people-wer_2811409.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination-empathy/#itemlist", "name": "Imagination Empathy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of people ask, \"What do you pull on in your own life from your character?\" In all honesty, it's not something that really works that way for me. I tend to look at these things as an imaginative process and a challenge of imagination and empathy, to some degree. I get much more out of meeting people who have lived these lives than I do digging around in my own limited experiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Norton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on-in-your-own-life-from-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/edward-norton-2203_asks_a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on_489088.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/edward-norton-2203_asks_a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on_489088.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/edward-norton-2203_asks_a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on_489088.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of people ask, \"What do you pull on in your own life from your character?\" In all honesty, it's not…” — Edward Norton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think there's such a fine line in a relationship. 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Many of today’s political conundrums were anticipated by science fiction writers like Orwell, Huxley, and Heinlein, and sci-fi and fantasy tackle ethical problems in a way that allows people to analyze the problem with some emotional remove, which is important because the high emotions are often what lead to violence. Works like Harry Potter tackle the idea of abuse of power and—” Will stopped himself and swallowed. Everybody at the table, including Kenny, was staring at him in openmouthed surprise. “Anyway,” he said before taking a monster bite of his cooling hamburger on a sudden attack of nerves, “iss goomfer umf.” “It’s good for us,” Kenny translated, sounding a little stunned”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Lane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lane/why-would-i-what-will-asked-wanting-another-bite-of-his-burger-why/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/amy-lane-2185_abuse-of-power_why-would-i-what-will-asked-wanting-anot_2027111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/amy-lane-2185_abuse-of-power_why-would-i-what-will-asked-wanting-anot_2027111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/amy-lane-2185_abuse-of-power_why-would-i-what-will-asked-wanting-anot_2027111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why would I what?” Will asked, wanting another bite of his burger. “Why would you risk your job teaching…” — Amy Lane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And I think for a moment, because people don't actually ask that very often. They tell me what they think I feel because they've read it in books, or they say incredible things like \"autistic people have no sense of humour or imagination or empathy\" when I'm standing right there beside them (and one day I'm going to point out that that is more than a little bit rude, not to mention Not Even True) or they -- even worse -- talk to me like I'm about five, and can't understand. \"It's like living with all your senses turned up to full volume all the time,\" I say. \"And it's like living life in a different language, so you can't ever quite relax because even when you think you're fluent it's still using a different part of your brain so by the end of the day you're exhausted.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachael Lucas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-lucas/and-i-think-for-a-moment-because-people-don-t-actually-ask-that-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/rachael-lucas-116964_aspergers-syndrome_and-i-think-for-a-moment-because-people_2252468.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/rachael-lucas-116964_aspergers-syndrome_and-i-think-for-a-moment-because-people_2252468.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/rachael-lucas-116964_aspergers-syndrome_and-i-think-for-a-moment-because-people_2252468.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I think for a moment, because people don't actually ask that very often. 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You said it all came down to imagination. Conversative people don’t usually have very much, so they find it hard to imagine what life is like for people who aren’t just like them. They can only empathise with people just like they are: the same sex, the same age, the same class, the same golf club or nation or race or whatever. Liberals can pretty much empathise with anybody else, no matter how different they are. It’s all to do with imagination, empathy and imagination are almost the same thing, and it’s why artists, creative people, are almost all liberals, left-leaning.\" a character in The Steep Approach to Garbadale: Iain Banks.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iain Banks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-banks/we-got-talking-about-how-some-people-were-selfish-and-some-weren-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/iain-banks-3752_creative-people_we-got-talking-about-how-some-people-wer_2811409.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/iain-banks-3752_creative-people_we-got-talking-about-how-some-people-wer_2811409.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/iain-banks-3752_creative-people_we-got-talking-about-how-some-people-wer_2811409.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We got talking about how some people were selfish and some weren’t, and the difference between right-wing…” — Iain Banks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination-empathy/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination-empathy/", "name": "Imagination Empathy Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination-empathy/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/edward-norton-2203_asks_a-lot-of-people-ask-what-do-you-pull-on_489088.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 7 Imagination Empathy quotes by 7 authors. 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