--- title: "8 Imagination Need Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Imagination Need quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Imagination Need sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/nellie-mckay-11745_bored_as-long-as-you-have-imagination-you-neve_779685.jpg" --- > [As long as you have imagination, you never need to work. You never get bored. You could just walk around and go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nellie-mckay/as-long-as-you-have-imagination-you-never-need-to-work-you-never-get/) [Nellie McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nellie-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/nellie-mckay-11745_bored_as-long-as-you-have-imagination-you-neve_779685.jpg) > [I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-dunst/i-was-allowed-to-have-an-imagination-rather-than-a-need-to-be/) [Kirsten Dunst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-dunst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/kirsten-dunst-2279_computer_i-was-allowed-to-have-an-imagination-rat_1223028.jpg) > [If you want to be free with your imagination, you need to be very realistic, but you have also to shift things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/if-you-want-to-be-free-with-your-imagination-you-need-to-be-very/) [Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/alice-rohrwacher-5426_free_if-you-want-to-be-free-with-your-imagina_1299985.jpg) > [“From where inspiration comes, I don’t know. But that we seek fulfillment in a companion suggests we desire an object onto which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-fahy/from-where-inspiration-comes-i-don-t-know-but-that-we-seek/) [Tom Fahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-fahy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/tom-fahy-37551_gratitude_from-where-inspiration-comes-i-don-t-kno_1854289.jpg) > [“I didn't know the value of creation until I did it. Once I tasted imagination, I knew that I was trapped. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-suggs/i-didn-t-know-the-value-of-creation-until-i-did-it-once-i-tasted/) [Lionel Suggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-suggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/lionel-suggs-1621_dreams_i-didn-t-know-the-value-of-creation-unti_2056383.jpg) > [“Imagination need not stand as an obstacle to clear-sighted perception; on the contrary, it can be a prerequisite for recognition of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/imagination-need-not-stand-as-an-obstacle-to-clear-sighted-perception/) [John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/john-armstrong-11802_imagination_imagination-need-not-stand-as-an-obstacl_2721178.jpg) > [If you're going to perform inception, you need imagination. You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/if-you-re-going-to-perform-inception-you-need-imagination-you-need/) [Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/christopher-nolan-2670_art_if-you-re-going-to-perform-inception-you_2985024.jpg) > [This fact was something I also learned from this first novel that I needed personal experience to invent, to fantasize, to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-vargas-llosa/this-fact-was-something-i-also-learned-from-this-first-novel-that-i/) [Mario Vargas Llosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-vargas-llosa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/mario-vargas-llosa-1493_able_this-fact-was-something-i-also-learned-f_3085233.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination-need/#itemlist", "name": "Imagination Need Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As long as you have imagination, you never need to work. 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