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 greatest chemists are those who can imagine what might be possible."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"The mind works in mysterious ways when freed from the constraints of waking logic."
August Kekulé
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"The most important chemical reactions occur in the human imagination."
August Kekulé
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"The greatest tool in science is not the microscope, but the imagination."
August Kekulé
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"Our understanding of nature is limited only by our willingness to imagine beyond it."
August Kekulé
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"Nature's alphabet consists of atoms arranged in infinite meaningful combinations."
John Dalton
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"It is important not to restrict the visions of our imaginations."
Pierre-Simon Laplace
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"We must be able to assume everything as possible."
Pierre-Simon Laplace
"We see only what we seek to see, and seek only what we dare to imagine."
William Herschel
"The mind that questions the stars expands beyond measure."
William Herschel
"The universe offers infinite questions; observation provides the framework for answers."
William Herschel
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"The universe is far more wondrous than we can yet imagine."
John Dalton
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"Imagination without verification is mere fantasy; verification without imagination is mere data."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"The mind that stops wondering has begun its decline, regardless of age."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"The wonder expressed by a child learning about the world should never be lost by the scientist."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"The mind, like the telescope, must be carefully calibrated to see clearly."
Tycho Brahe
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"The universe is vast, but the mind of man is vaster still."
Tycho Brahe
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"The mind creates a world of possibilities before the world creates facts."
Pierre-Simon Laplace
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"The human imagination is the only force more powerful than the laws of nature."
Pierre-Simon Laplace
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"The night sky has taught me that limitations are temporary; possibilities are eternal."
Caroline Herschel
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"The imagination, when disciplined by reason and evidence, becomes the engine of discovery."
John Dalton
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"What we call impossibility is often merely the boundary of our current understanding."
John Dalton
"The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future."
William Herschel
"I have discovered that the limits of our knowledge are merely the boundaries of our imagination."
William Herschel
"The telescope is the extension of human curiosity into the infinite."
William Herschel
"My observations have convinced me that the universe is far more vast than our boldest imaginings."
William Herschel
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"The greatest discovery is not finding what exists, but finding what ought to exist."
Dmitri Mendeleev
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"Imagination without knowledge is a wanderer; knowledge without imagination is a slave."
Dmitri Mendeleev
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"In every laboratory, possibility and wonder await the prepared mind."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"In every beaker and crucible lies the potential for discovery."
Friedrich Wöhler