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 the birthplace of all human progress and innovation."
Gordon Allport
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"Imagination is not escape; it is the language of the soul seeking freedom."
Alice Miller
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"A person without imagination cannot hope to understand themselves."
Rollo May
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"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge because it shows us possibilities."
Rollo May
"Curiosity is the engine of all learning."
Barbara Oakley
"Your brain craves novelty and challenge."
Barbara Oakley
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"Imagination is the foundation of innovation."
James Clear
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"Imagination is the laboratory where reality is first invented."
Costa Paul
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"Imagination is the only truly renewable resource."
Costa Paul
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"Imagination is not opposed to reality but essential to understanding it."
Gordon Allport
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"Imagination is the precursor to all innovation."
Hans Eysenck
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"Imagination is the first step toward reality."
Hans Eysenck
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"Imagination allows us to escape the prison of literal thinking."
Alice Miller
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"Imagination is the bridge between what was and what could be."
Alice Miller
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"The imagination of a scientist must be disciplined by data, or it becomes mere fantasy."
Raymond Cattell
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"Imagination disciplined by reason has produced all of humanity's greatest achievements."
Raymond Cattell
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"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge, because knowledge is limited by what is known and what is imaginable."
Rollo May
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"The imagination is the wings by which we escape the prison of circumstance."
Rollo May
"The capacity to wonder is one of our most distinctive human qualities."
Dacher Keltner
"Imagination is the birthplace of all human innovation and progress."
Dacher Keltner
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"Understanding requires empathy; empathy requires imagination."
Gordon Allport
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"Prejudice is a poverty of imagination."
Gordon Allport
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"We are limited only by what we refuse to imagine."
David Buss
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited."
Rollo May
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"Imagination is the passport to infinite worlds."
Rollo May
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"Imagination is the child's window to freedom when reality becomes unbearable."
Alice Miller
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"The imagination of a hurt child is often the only place where love can be found."
Alice Miller
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"Imagination is how children survive when reality becomes uninhabitable."
Alice Miller
"Imagination is the nervous system's way of preparing for futures we haven't yet lived."
Dacher Keltner
"Imagination helps us not escape reality but prepare to meet it with greater awareness."
Dacher Keltner