Art Quote by Salman Rushdie

It seems to me that literature is giving way a little bit to the immediacy of other diversions, other forms of entertainment. What will…

— James Salter

I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply a vehicle…

— Margaret Atwood

“As has already been noted, fantastic literature developed at precisely the moment when genuine belief in the supernatural was on the wane, and when…

— Franz Rottensteiner

“There is scarcely any great author in European literature, old or new, who has not distinguished himself in his treatment of the supernatural. In…

— Lafcadio Hearn

The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation.

— Wendy Beckett

Freedom, to me, is imagination, the power of imagination to create what we want and be who we want to be.

— Lizzie West

Not everyone is fortunate enough to earn their living playing. But what draws people to art and artists is a desire to enjoy the…

— Howard Jacobson

“Children, brought up naturally and in freedom, not only have imagination, but live in a world of imagination more real to them than our…

— Julian Hawthorne

Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call…

— Bruce Sterling

If freedom in the imagination is a privilege, it's one I believe everyone should have, as a basic human right. I also believe that…

— Matthew Zapruder

If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in…

— Chellis Glendinning

Imagination gains specialization through knowledge. Knowledge gains freedom though imagination.

— Mariana Fulger

I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

“All large-scale human cooperation is ultimately based on our belief in imagined orders. These are sets of rules that, despite existing only in our…

— Yuval Noah Harari

When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it…

— Daniel Espinosa