“Creativity is as much about order against freedom; control versus rebellion; organisation against disorder as it is about straightforward imagination.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
...[T]here should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
“Raising our kids in this way-without television, video games, or even a lot of extra friends-I believe they have gained independence and… — Chris Nobel Copy Share Image
It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Imagination is the most powerful tool you have. You learn it from all the greats. The Star Wars films are secretive. Anything… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
Remember - no limitation can be placed on you by any one but yourself. With your imagination you have a unique ability… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If we do not learn to eliminate waste and to be more productive and more efficient in the ways we use energy,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can invent. When she came… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
The prevalence of the GVP (grilled vegetable plate) as the sole vegetarian option at many restaurants is offensive for a whole host… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
An essay is a thing of the imagination. If there is information in an essay, it is by-the-by, and if there is… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“To love at a distance and without hope; never to possess; to dream chastely of pale charms and impossible kisses extinguished on… — Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
“Now that we've come up with all the obvious answers to our problem, it's time to come up with some truly ridiculous… — Carol Hughes Copy Share Image
All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think, — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
The action movie, the thriller and the drama all have safety nets under them. But not the horror film. The horror film… — Marcus Dunstan Copy Share Image
“I had never understood her before, and that, as far as related to mind, it had been the creature of my own… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Transformation of the intangible impulse, of desire, into the tangible reality, of money, calls for the use of a plan, or plans.… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Being on set and seeing all that green screen, and how it activated my imagination, was amazing to me. I fell into… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
“Dill was off again. Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head. He could read two books to my one, but he… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Everybody needs some inspiration, Everybody needs some motivation, mix it up with some imagination, and use your natural gifts. — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I think the improv also helps with the imagination of dealing this person across from me who's not physically there. When you… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out of the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Imagination is always greater than reality, and the reality of a sex paradise is that they offer a supposed escape from the… — Francis Levy Copy Share Image
Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately,… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The reality, or substance, of professional wrestling is the ability to perpetuate a fantasy. I never distinguished between fantasy and reality. I… — Lou Thesz Copy Share Image
It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
A lot of suffering is just getting rid of dross in yourself, and lingering and hanging in the darkness is often -… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
I had from childhood not only the experience of love and truth common to all family life, but the idea of them… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we think we should be able to know everything. But we can’t. We have to allow ourselves to see what there… — David Almond Copy Share Image
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Jobs' incredible skill was as a storyteller, a salesman. He could captivate our imaginations and reel us in. He was more P.T.… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
One function of the imagination in autobiographical writing is to allow the writer to try out different versions of the self. — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image