Imaginative Quotes

268 Imaginative quotes by 234 unique authors

Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the… — Julia Child
The only imaginative prose writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past. — George Orwell
In Western society, and particularly in American society, imagination is stulified from infancy. The imaginative child is discouraged and upbraided. He is told that the… — Philip Wylie
Utopias have their value -- nothing so wonderfully expands the imaginative horizons of human potentialities -- but as guides to conduct they can prove literally… — Isaiah Berlin
Filled with great advice, practical support, and steamy, imaginative suggestions for how to have an exciting, challenging, satisfying sex life. — Unknown Author
We must be both rational and intellectual, both analytic and imaginative, utilizing both statistics and insight. — Unknown Author
We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role. — Brenda Ueland
We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And the true listener… — Brenda Ueland
The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to you… — Ric Ocasek
A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content. — Helen Vendler
Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature's means. — Paul Gauguin
The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise. — Herbert Croly
But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this… — Kurt Vonnegut
Philosophy makes progress not by becoming more rigorous but by becoming more imaginative. — Richard Rorty
I believe that nothing completely satisfies an imaginative writer but copious and continuous draughts of unmitigated praise, always provided it is accompanied by a large… — Frederick Locker-Lampson
The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. — William Empson
Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled. — Paul Theroux
India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature, and the world's teacher in trignometry, quandratic equations, grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, as… — Lin Yutang
In the annals of science fiction, where dystopias rule the imaginative roost, Star Trek stood nearly alone in telling us that our future would be… — Charles Shaar Murray
By focusing on positive, healthy motivations and letting the more negative ones pass, you can purify the source of you imaginative power. — Denis Waitley

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