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Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

by Stephen Leacock (Economist, Canadian , born in 1869) keywords: alice, encyclopedia, personally, sooner, than, whole, wonderland, would , written

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

by Jack London (Novelist, American , born in 1876) keywords: after, club, go, inspiration , wait

Orison Swett Marden

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

by Orison Swett Marden (Writer, American , born in 1970) keywords: achieved, been, dreamers, great, men , things

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.

by Duane Michals (Photographer, American , born in 1932) keywords: believe, cannot, imagination, important, infinitely, more, see , than

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..."; And then do it.

by Duane Michals (Photographer, American , born in 1932) keywords: head, interesting, little, says, then, trust, voice , your

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

by George S. Patton (Soldier, American , born in 1885) keywords: alike, everyone, somebody, then , thinking

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

by George S. Patton (Soldier, American , born in 1885) keywords: how, ingenuity, never, surprise, tell, their, them, things , will

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

by Pablo Picasso (Artist, Spanish , born in 1881) keywords: objects, paint, see, them , think

Edgar Allan Poe

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.

by Edgar Allan Poe (Poet, American , born in 1809) keywords: cognizant, day, dream, escape, many, night, only, things , those

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

by Carl Sagan (Scientist, American , born in 1934) keywords: carry, go, imagination, never, nowhere, often, us, were, will, without , worlds

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Novelist, French , born in 1900) keywords: bearing, cathedral, ceases, contemplates, him, image, man, moment, pile, rock, single , within

William Shakespeare

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

by William Shakespeare (Dramatist, English , born in 1970) keywords: compact, imagination, lover, lunatic , poet

Henry David Thoreau

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: look, matters , see

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

by Calvin Trillin (Journalist, American , born in 1935) keywords: answers, could, did, hadn, literally, math, meant, never, persuade, seem, teacher, very , well

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

by Mark Twain (Author, American , born in 1970) keywords: depend, eyes, focus, imagination, out , your

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: fiction, imagination, life, make, more, our, quarters, real, than, three , up

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

by Jessamyn West (Author, American , born in 1902) keywords: fiction, obscures, reality, reveals , truths

Some stories are true that never happened.

by Elie Wiesel (Novelist, American , born in 1928) keywords: happened, never, some, stories , true

William Butler Yeats

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: best, end, exposition, lean, logic, mind, part, philosophy, rational , starving

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.

by Peter Nivio Zarlengakeywords: am, cannot, ears, eyes, feel, hear, heart, imagination , see

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