Book Quote by Umberto Eco

“There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past ("en me retraçant…

— Umberto Eco

It is worth repeating that powerful imagination is not false outward vision, but intense inward representation, and a creative energy constantly fed by susceptibility…

— George Eliot

I love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don’t…

— Chris Colfer

All of us, writers and non-writers alike, have incredible well-springs of personal experience and history. And we also have imagination - which I think…

— Ayana Mathis

The easier an experience, or the more entrenched, or the more familiar, the fainter our sensation of it becomes. This is true of chocolate…

— Anthony Doerr

Magic has often been thought of us the art of making dreams come true; the art of realizing visions. Yet before we can bring…

— Starhawk

In order to experience real magic it is necessary to make a dramatic shift from outcome to purpose.

— Wayne Dyer

Creative arts, new inventions, and new ideas spring from those blessed with imagination, and magic stimulates imagination. It is no coincidence that many artists,…

— Vivianne Crowley

“Mystical experiences do not necessarily supply new ideas to the mind, rather, they transform what one believes into what one knows, converting abstract concepts,…

— R.M. Jones

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or…

— Rose Tremain

“If you occasionally wonder how I know about some of the events I describe in this book, I don't. I have found that--just as…

— Steve Martin

The illusion of magic is an idealistic fantasy; it exists only in the imagination of the spectator.

— Paul LePaul