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 more valuable than knowledge."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for it sees beyond."
Jean d'Alembert
"Imagination is the bridge between the actual and the possible."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The imagination is the faculty by which we create beauty and discover truth."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Imagination is the beginning of all scientific discovery."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"A person without imagination is like a bird without wings."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Imagination builds worlds within and without."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The naturalist must be both scientist and poet."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The true naturalist sees wonder in the overlooked."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Imagination constrained by fear produces nothing; imagination coupled with reason creates wonders."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Imagination without knowledge is mere fantasy; knowledge without imagination is barren."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The human imagination has created all of civilization."
Jean d'Alembert
"All abstract ideas originate from concrete sensory experiences transformed by thought."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The imagination enriches life precisely because it extends sensation beyond immediate experience."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The power of imagination is limitless and should never be constrained."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Imagination is the seedbed of all human progress."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"The imagination is the seed of creation."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The mind is a vast universe to explore."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Catherine de Medici
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."
Catherine de Medici
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"I have discovered that imagination is the greatest tool."
Isabella d'Este
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"The greatest invention is the ability to imagine what does not yet exist."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The imagination is more important than knowledge."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The imagination is the beginning of creation."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Imagination is the eye of the soul."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Imagination creates reality."
Marsilio Ficino
"The mind's eye sees farther than the body's eye ever can."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac