Imagination Quotes

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That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
While the world of reality has its limits, the world of your imagination is without boundaries — Wayne Dyer
... I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got to give the… — Keith Richards
Barney Kessel was 'Mr. Guitar,' the foremost jazz guitarist of his generation. He had an amazing imagination, his solos were incredible, he swung his tail… — Larry Coryell
Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. — Mae Jemison
I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your… — Florence Welch
Imagination grows by exercise. — W. Somerset Maugham
I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination… — Beverly Cleary
The close observer soon discovers that the teacher's task is not to implant facts but to place the subject to be learned in front of… — Nathan M. Pusey
Possibilities are completely different. When you ask 'what is possible?' you must stretch your imagination out of the confines of the familiar. To live a… — Nicholas Lore
Everyone has options. They are a fixed set of predetermined scenarios, points of view, perceived limitations that already reside in your data bank. If you… — Nicholas Lore
If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth… — Edouard Manet
I have often, as an exercise and as a sustenance, painted before an object down to the smallest accidents of its visual appearance; but the… — Odilon Redon
Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We depend… — Andrew Solomon
Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination. — Andrew Solomon
Sin does not leap upon us fully armed. It steals in through a look, a swift, silent suggestion or imagination, but love and loyalty to… — Samuel Logan Brengle
You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist. — Azar Nafisi
There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine. — Frank Leahy
The ascendancy over men's minds of the ruins of the stupendous past, the past of history, legend and myth, at once factual and fantastic, stretching… — Rose Macaulay

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