Fantasy Quotes

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Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will. — Gelett Burgess
The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
I have imagination, and nothing that is real is alien to me. — George Santayana
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfection upon another person. One day, the fantasy evaporates and with it, love dies. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
My brain must have felt sorry for me, so it'd created the only type of guy I could touch - a fantasy one. — J. Lynn
Without playing with fantasy, no creative work has yet come into being. — Carl Jung
In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion. — Elie Wiesel
As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies,as a form of abstract thought.… — J M Coetzee
But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art. — Iris Murdoch
Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic. — Alan Price
Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally. — Joseph Barbera
Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on. — Terry Brooks
I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes. — Jeri Ryan
It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country. — Ed O'Brien
When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away. — Stewart Brand
Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures. — Germaine Greer
I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common fashion), it is… — Michel de Montaigne
There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that it's the fantasy,… — Alexander McQueen

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