Imaginative Quotes

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Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life. — Margot Asquith
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other… — Russell Banks
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace,… — Cecil Beaton
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. — Franz Boas
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human… — Jacob Bronowski
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace. — Rita Mae Brown
The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In order to reclaim America's 'creativity' differentiator, we must be able to provide businesses with a workforce of imaginative employees who will pave the way… — Larry R. Thompson
I believe that hope for the future depends on each of us taking nonviolence into our hearts and minds and developing new and imaginative structures… — Mairead Corrigan
If we can come up with all sorts of imaginative ways in which people die, then I really don't see what the problem is with… — Alan Moore
If you're an enthusiast and you love the world like I do, it comes naturally. But I think charity must become more fun to give,… — Joanna Lumley
Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality. — Bede Griffiths
...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of all humanity -… — Mairead Corrigan
Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes. — Honore de Balzac
I feel that, in a sense, the writer knows nothing any longer. He has no moral stance. He offers the reader the contents of his… — J. G. Ballard
The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing, which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being. — William Hurt
The only valid reason to use clichÃ©s is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect… — Leonard Bishop
Science and religion are very much alike. Both are imaginative and creative aspects of the human mind. The appearance of a conflict is a result… — John Eccles
Dostoyevsky wrote of the unconscious as if it were conscious; that is in reality the reason why his characters seem 'pathological', while they are only… — Edwin Muir
For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator. — Philip Yancey

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