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 guides human progress."
Thomas Malthus
"Imagination is more important than intelligence in shaping the future."
Vilfredo Pareto
"The greatest innovations come not from perfecting what is, but from imagining what might be."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Imagination is the only commodity that multiplies when shared."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Imagination is the capacity to envision a future sufficiently different from the present."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Imagination is more valuable than knowledge, for it encompasses all possibility."
Alfred Marshall
"Imagination without discipline becomes fantasy; discipline without imagination becomes tedium."
Alfred Marshall
"The first man to see a camel did not merely perceive its physical form but imagined its potential uses."
Joseph Schumpeter
"The future belongs to those who can imagine what others cannot yet perceive."
Joseph Schumpeter
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"The imagination of economists is often constrained by the categories and assumptions they inherit."
Joan Robinson
"Imagination is the first step toward creating new markets."
Irving Fisher
"Imagination constrained by reality produces the best innovations."
Irving Fisher
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"Imagination must be tempered by reason and grounded in reality."
Thomas Malthus
"The imagination of man is his greatest gift and his greatest curse."
Vilfredo Pareto
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Andrew Ng
"There are countless people who can imagine the future, but very few who can create it."
Joseph Schumpeter
"The future belongs to those who can imagine what has never existed before."
Joseph Schumpeter
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"In the midst of universal plenty, poverty would cease to exist."
Thomas Malthus
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge in driving human progress."
Fei-Fei Li
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"Human creativity will always transcend what machines can do."
Fei-Fei Li
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"Imagination is the birthplace of all human achievement."
Fei-Fei Li
"Every innovation begins with a question; every question arises from curiosity."
Alfred Marshall
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"The future belongs to those who imagine it first."
Bob Kahn
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"Imagination is the engine of possibility."
Bob Kahn
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"Imagination makes miracles possible."
Bob Kahn
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"Imagination is the blueprint; execution is the building."
Andrew Ng
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"Imagination without execution is daydreaming; execution without imagination is drudgery."
Andrew Ng
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"The future belongs to those who can imagine it."
Vint Cerf
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"The most valuable resource is human imagination and curiosity."
Vint Cerf
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"I had to invent the Web to make it work."
Tim Berners-Lee