--- title: "11 Things Imagined Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Things Imagined quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Things Imagined sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/dylan-llewellyn-13110_did_on-stage-i-did-things-i-never-imagined-p_355208.jpg" --- > [On stage I did things I never imagined possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-llewellyn/on-stage-i-did-things-i-never-imagined-possible/) [Dylan Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-llewellyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/dylan-llewellyn-13110_did_on-stage-i-did-things-i-never-imagined-p_355208.jpg) > [“My history is the history of things imagined and not-happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-pink/my-history-is-the-history-of-things-imagined-and-not-happened/) [Sam Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-pink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/sam-pink-20384_history_my-history-is-the-history-of-things-imag_678052.jpg) > [All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-malouf/all-the-things-we-achieve-are-things-we-have-first-of-all-imagined/) [David Malouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-malouf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/david-malouf-15192_achieve_all-the-things-we-achieve-are-things-we_655717.png) > [I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-jackson/i-find-that-in-the-process-of-making-a-film-you-re-constantly-2/) [Peter Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/peter-jackson-1771_cinema_i-find-that-in-the-process-of-making-a-f_1308874.jpg) > [My best ideas almost always come from winding up in unexpected places and stumbling across things I never could have imagined in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-kulash/my-best-ideas-almost-always-come-from-winding-up-in-unexpected-places/) [Damian Kulash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-kulash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/damian-kulash-27637_ideas_my-best-ideas-almost-always-come-from-wi_3011494.jpg) > [“It seemed to him that the hand was not able to attain to the perfection of art in carrying out the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/it-seemed-to-him-that-the-hand-was-not-able-to-attain-to-the/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/walter-isaacson-384_art_it-seemed-to-him-that-the-hand-was-not-a_2048565.png) > [“There are many things which cannot be imagined,” the Chinese say, “but there is nothing which may not happen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-g-chang/there-are-many-things-which-cannot-be-imagined-the-chinese-say-but/) [Gordon G. Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-g-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/gordon-g-chang-10335_quote_there-are-many-things-which-cannot-be-im_1578041.jpg) > [If I wrote down all the things I imagined that would happen in my life, I would've been an amazing author..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sachithra/if-i-wrote-down-all-the-things-i-imagined-that-would-happen-in-my/) [Sachithra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sachithra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/sachithra-8042_books_if-i-wrote-down-all-the-things-i-imagine_2599461.jpg) > [Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/who-are-we-who-is-each-one-of-us-if-not-a-combinatoria-of-experiences/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/italo-calvino-402_book_who-are-we-who-is-each-one-of-us-if-not_1290589.jpg) > [I'm not a visionary, but I've spent half my life drawing things Imagined, Remembered, and Observed, comparing the differences between them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-blegvad/i-m-not-a-visionary-but-i-ve-spent-half-my-life-drawing-things/) [Peter Blegvad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-blegvad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/peter-blegvad-38080_compare_i-m-not-a-visionary-but-i-ve-spent-half_221561.jpg) > [Auden, who asked two things of an imagined world-that it be somehow like ours and somehow unlike-would be Ben Marcus's ideal reader,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-howard/auden-who-asked-two-things-of-an-imagined-world-that-it-be-somehow/) [Richard Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-howard/) 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Just imagine! it is all done with words instead of mirrors, so much more reliable and so much more heartbreaking. 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