Quotes for Imagination

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

Steven Spielberg

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

Richard Wright

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

Duane Michals

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

Marc Chagall

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Elizabeth Bowen

I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.

Richard Dawkins

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Jessamyn West

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Robertson Davies

I love fantasy; I love imagination - that's the inner child in me.

Hannah John-Kamen

Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.

Guy Fieri

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Wallace Stevens

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

Leigh Hunt

Courses in the humanities, in particular, often seem impractical, but they are vital, because they stretch your imagination and challenge your mind to become more responsive, more critical, bigger.

Martha Nussbaum

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.

Stephen King

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.

Jimi Hendrix

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Christian Nestell Bovee

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

Tom Waits

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

Joyce Carol Oates

Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop.

Marcello Mastroianni

I ask questions. I watch the world. And what I have discovered is that the parts of my fiction that people most tell me are 'unbelievable' are those that are most closely based on the real, those least diluted by my imagination.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie