Imagination Quotes

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

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"The most dangerous ideas are the ones that suggest another world is impossible."
Naomi Klein
"The work ahead requires us to imagine a different kind of future, one where we live within the bounds of this planet."
Bill McKibben
"The future belongs to those who can imagine it."
Bill McKibben
"Our visions begin with our desires rather than our dreams, perhaps that is the difference."
Audre Lorde
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"Imagination is the beginning of creation. It's where everything starts."
Arundhati Roy
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"Imagination is the only weapon against the imagination of those in power."
Arundhati Roy
"The climate crisis is a crisis of imagination as much as it is a physical crisis."
Bill McKibben
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"Imagination is our most dangerous weapon against oppression."
Naomi Klein
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"Imagination about what we could accomplish is our greatest asset."
James Hansen
"Imagination is the ability to see a world that works differently, and we need it urgently."
Bill McKibben
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"The greatest act of rebellion is to imagine a different future."
Naomi Klein
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"We're asked to imagine the unimaginable. And then we're asked to accept it."
Arundhati Roy
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"To have a future, we must first imagine one."
Arundhati Roy
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"Imagination is the key to unlocking possibility."
Arundhati Roy
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"We are capable of so much more than we have imagined."
David Brower
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"Imagination is the key to innovation."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Imagination is the birthplace of all creation."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Aimé Césaire
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"When we destroy wild places, we destroy our capacity for wonder."
David Brower
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"The imagination of children is our most renewable resource."
David Brower
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"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"The act of creation is an act of resistance against all forms of domination."
Aimé Césaire
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"We must be willing to think beyond the boundaries imposed by others."
Aimé Césaire
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"Imagination is the most subversive faculty we possess"
Edward Said
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"Imagination allows us to envision alternatives"
Edward Said
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"Imagination is the canvas upon which dreams are painted."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"The imagination of a child sees possibilities where adults see limitations."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"The problem is not the failure of vision but the failure of imagination."
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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"We must learn to think the unthinkable."
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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"Literature gives us a chance to imagine ourselves otherwise."
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak