Imagination Quotes

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

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"In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behavior; in play it is as though he were a head taller than himself."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Play is the leading source of development in the preschool years."
Lev Vygotsky
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"The capacity for imagination is what makes us human."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Play creates a zone of proximal development in the child."
Lev Vygotsky
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"A child without play is a child without potential."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Play is not trivial; it is the work of childhood development."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Through play, the child rehearses the adult world and develops new capacities."
Lev Vygotsky
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"We must learn to see the world not as it is, but as it could be."
Lawrence Kohlberg
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"The child's fantasy and imagination are not deficits but strengths to be nurtured and built upon."
Jean Piaget
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"Play is the highest form of research."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Play creates a zone of proximal development of the child."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Children's play is not mere amusement but a leading activity that determines their development."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Play is not frivolous; it is the work of childhood."
Lev Vygotsky
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"A child's ability to imagine different possibilities is crucial for their future success."
Lev Vygotsky
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"Imaginative vision is the beginning of all creation."
Abraham Maslow
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"Symbolic thought allows the child to think about things not immediately present."
Jean Piaget
"The mind is capable of extraordinary things when we believe in our potential."
Philip Zimbardo
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"True creativity emerges when we stop trying to be someone else."
Carl Rogers
"Imagination allows us to see beyond the constraints of our current social reality."
Philip Zimbardo
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"We are architects of our own beliefs."
Leon Festinger
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"We construct reality through our cognitions."
Leon Festinger
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"The imagination of humans is perhaps our greatest untapped resource for solving problems."
Carl Rogers
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"The average person only uses ten percent of his intellectual capacity."
Abraham Maslow
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"The greatest creativity often comes from the intersection of different fields and disciplines."
Abraham Maslow
"Imagination is not a luxury; it is the foundation of all human progress and moral imagination."
Philip Zimbardo
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"Imagination develops through behavioral experimentation."
John B. Watson
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"The greatest invention is imagination."
Alfred Adler
"We must develop what I call 'heroic imagination'—the ability to see alternatives to obedience."
Philip Zimbardo
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Blaise Pascal
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"Everything we can think of, however far off it seems, is near and akin to thought."
Ludwig Wittgenstein