Imagination Quotes
The ability to see what isn't there yet. Dreamers and builders on the power of 'what if.'
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"We need to imagine life differently to live it differently."Saul Bellow
"Imagination is more important than facts, especially in literature."Joseph Heller
"Imagination is the only unlimited resource we have."Joseph Heller
"The mind is capable of anything if given the freedom to imagine."Philip Roth
"Every moment contains the possibility of everything."Norman Mailer
"We do not think our way through the world but imagine our way through it."Norman Mailer
"Reality is something you rise above."William S. Burroughs
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"Allen Ginsberg
"We are such inquisitive creatures; we just can't help trying to figure out what things mean."Kurt Vonnegut
"Somewhere along the line I knew there'd be girls, visions, everything."Jack Kerouac
"Some people are always complaining, but I have learned to use my imagination."Joseph Heller
"Reality is what you make it."William S. Burroughs
"The future is already here."William S. Burroughs
"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge."William S. Burroughs
"The imagination is the only weapon against reality's cruelty."Norman Mailer
"Imagination without discipline is mere fantasy; with discipline, it's genius."Norman Mailer
"Prophecy is a matter of intimate detail and common sense"Allen Ginsberg
"Everything is an act of imagination"Allen Ginsberg
"Boredom is a dead thing in the mind."William S. Burroughs
"Imagination is the ability to see what isn't there."William S. Burroughs
"Imagination is the key to all creation."William Carlos Williams
"I realized that I had been staring at the stars in wonder the whole time as a child."Jack Kerouac
"The imagination is fundamentally the least rational faculty."Hart Crane
"I have known oceans of dreams."Hart Crane
"Imagination is the beginning of all things."Hart Crane
"I once read a story about a perfectly contented man living in the Midwest."Kurt Vonnegut
"The imagination is the mover and shaker of the world."William Carlos Williams
"Innovation comes from looking at old things with fresh eyes."William Carlos Williams
"The future depends on our ability to imagine it differently"Allen Ginsberg
"Imagination is more important than knowledge or facts"Allen Ginsberg