Imagination Quotes

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

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"Every person contains infinite potential for moral and intellectual development."
Christian Wolff
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"Imagination disciplined by reason becomes the architect of human progress."
Christian Wolff
"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The pursuit of knowledge knows no bounds."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The mind should never cease its explorations."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"I have learned that imagination guided by reason is powerful."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Imagination is the workshop of the genius."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Imagination is the faculty that elevates humanity."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The imagination unbound by custom can envision new possibilities for mankind."
Jean Bodin
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"Imagination is the faculty that allows us to transcend the limits of our current reality."
Jean Bodin
"Imagination, properly cultivated, is the gateway to all human advancement."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The imagination of a mathematician is constrained only by logic and reason."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The imagination of youth must be tempered by the discipline of age."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Man shapes the world through his imagination."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The human mind is capable of infinite growth."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"In every garden lies a universe waiting to be catalogued."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Observation without wonder is mere accounting."
Carl Linnaeus
"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The imagination is more important than knowledge in shaping human destiny."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Imagination is the engine of human progress."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Imagination distinguishes humans from mere animals."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The imagination, when untethered from superstition, becomes humanity's greatest tool for progress."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Curiosity is the compass of the naturalist."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The alphabet of creation contains infinite words."
Carl Linnaeus
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"In the quest for knowledge, the only true poverty is the poverty of imagination."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange