Imagination Quotes
The ability to see what isn't there yet. Dreamers and builders on the power of 'what if.'
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"Imagination is the beginning of creation."Kenneth Arrow
"Imagination unlocks infinite possibilities."Kenneth Arrow
"The ability to imagine alternatives is crucial for social change."Amartya Sen
"Imagination allows us to envision alternatives to the status quo."Amartya Sen
"Imagination is the source of innovation."Gary Becker
"Imagination shapes reality."Gary Becker
"The human capacity for innovation is our greatest economic resource."Robert Solow
"The greatest constraint on growth is often our own assumptions."Robert Solow
"Moral imagination—the ability to envision different possibilities—is essential to ethical progress."Amartya Sen
"I have argued that a nation's competitive advantage increasingly depends on its ability to generate and apply new ideas."Robert Solow
"The stock market's movements often reflect psychology more than fundamentals."James Tobin
"Asset prices are determined by expectations about the future, which are inherently uncertain."James Tobin
"Financial markets are forward-looking institutions dealing with radical uncertainty."James Tobin
"Economic forecasting is difficult because the future depends on decisions not yet made."James Tobin
"The imagination of the researcher must match the complexity of the economy"Simon Kuznets
"The greatest discoveries come from asking why, not just how much"Simon Kuznets
"Imagination constrained by logic yields innovation."Kenneth Arrow
"Imagination without rigor produces merely pleasant fantasies."Kenneth Arrow
"Imagination is the foundation of all innovation and progress."Gary Becker
"The imagination is the economist's most valuable tool."Anna Schwartz
"Imagination constrained by evidence is the scientist's greatest weapon."Anna Schwartz
"The future is not determined by the present; it is created by the expectations we hold about it."Hyman Minsky
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"Kenneth Boulding
"The greatest discoveries come from those who ask what others assume."Paul Samuelson
"Investment spending depends on entrepreneurial optimism, not rational calculation."Hyman Minsky
"Imagination is the first step toward creation."Gunnar Myrdal
"Imagination is constrained by what we already know - which is why breakthroughs feel impossible until they happen."Kenneth Arrow
"Imagination constrained by feasibility becomes innovation."Kenneth Arrow
"Imagination is the birthplace of all innovation and progress."Kenneth Boulding
"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."Kenneth Boulding