Imagination Quotes

The ability to see what isn't there yet. Dreamers and builders on the power of 'what if.'

16884 quotes

"There is little we can do with the best of goodwill in the world if we cannot imagine things being better."
R.D. Laing
"The future belongs to those who can imagine it differently."
R.D. Laing
A
"Children's fantasies are not falsehoods; they are truths of their emotional reality."
Anna Freud
A
"Daydreaming is not idle; it is the mind's way of working through problems."
Anna Freud
A
"The child's inner world is not a reflection of reality; it is a creation of meaning."
Anna Freud
A
"In the mind of a child, magic and reality are not yet separated."
Anna Freud
W
"The human imagination is our greatest resource"
Wendy Doniger
W
"Imagination is not escape from reality; it is engagement with it"
Wendy Doniger
W
"Imagination connects us across time and space"
Wendy Doniger
D
"The transitional object bridges inner fantasy and external reality; it is neither purely subjective nor objective."
D.W. Winnicott
D
"Imagination and reality are not opposed; the imaginary world feeds and shapes the material world."
D.W. Winnicott
B
"The imagination is where healing begins."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"The capacity for wonder is the foundation of all learning."
Bruno Bettelheim
"Fantasy is a reassurance. The key to the world is to imagine what it could be."
R.D. Laing
"We must recover the capacity for wonder."
R.D. Laing
W
"Imagination is where culture and reality meet and dance together."
Wendy Doniger
A
"Curiosity is one of a child's greatest assets."
Anna Freud
M
"Imagination is the greatest power of the mind"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The mind contains infinite possibilities"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Imagination connects us to infinite realities"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Imagination is the faculty of transcendence"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Imagination recovers lost sacred dimensions"
Mircea Eliade
B
"Fantasy and imagination are not escapes from reality; they are vital to understanding it."
Bruno Bettelheim
D
"The roots of creativity lie in the child's earliest experiences of play and fantasy."
D.W. Winnicott
D
"Imagination is not escape from reality; it is our most potent tool for understanding reality more deeply."
D.W. Winnicott
K
"The unconscious mind speaks in the language of symbols and dreams."
Karen Horney
A
"A child's imagination is the mirror of their inner world, reflecting their deepest hopes and fears."
Anna Freud
A
"Imagination is the bridge between the real and the possible."
Anna Freud
A
"The future belongs to those who can imagine it."
Anna Freud
D
"The child plays life, not just for fun, but in order to solve emotional dilemmas."
D.W. Winnicott