Imagination Quotes

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

16884 quotes

"Imagination without grounding becomes delusion."
Albert Ellis
"Imagination guided by reason creates innovation."
Albert Ellis
H
"Imagination is enhanced by specific cognitive abilities"
Hans Eysenck
H
"Imagination correlates with openness to experience"
Hans Eysenck
R
"Imagination is the birthplace of innovation and progress."
Raymond Cattell
G
"The capacity to anticipate the future is what distinguishes human consciousness."
George Kelly
G
"A person's potential is limited not by circumstance but by the poverty of their constructs."
George Kelly
N
"We must imagine institutions before we can build them."
Nancy Cantor
R
"Imagination without knowledge produces fantasy; knowledge without imagination produces sterility."
Raymond Cattell
R
"Imagination is not fantasy; it is the reordering of experience."
Robert McCrae
R
"Imagination is memory reorganized by desire and personality."
Robert McCrae
W
"Children who can imagine the future consequences of their actions are better equipped to make wise choices today."
Walter Mischel
W
"The capacity to imagine alternative futures is what distinguishes human self-control from that of other species."
Walter Mischel
W
"The child who can imagine consequences is already halfway to managing their own behavior."
Walter Mischel
C
"Imagination is the rehearsal stage where we try on possible futures before committing to them."
Costa Paul
C
"Imagination is the rehearsal; action is the performance; life is both."
Costa Paul
G
"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited to what already exists."
Gordon Allport
G
"Imagination is the birthplace of all innovation and progress."
Gordon Allport
H
"Imagination is enhanced in introverts due to reduced external stimulation needs."
Hans Eysenck
H
"Imagination can be a refuge or a prison, depending on one's personality."
Hans Eysenck
R
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Rollo May
A
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."
Alice Miller
R
"Imagination is the laboratory of the soul."
Robert McCrae
R
"Imagination is the engine of human progress."
Robert McCrae
W
"Our capacity to imagine different futures is what sets us apart."
Walter Mischel
W
"The mind's ability to represent the future is its greatest gift."
Walter Mischel
R
"Imagination without factual grounding leads to delusion rather than innovation."
Raymond Cattell
C
"Imagination is the rehearsal room where possibility becomes reality."
Costa Paul
C
"Imagination is the only tool that creates something from nothing."
Costa Paul
G
"The imagination is the laboratory where new possibilities are created."
Gordon Allport