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 have not yet begun to explore what machines might become."
Alan Turing
"Some people see things and ask why. I dream things that never were and ask why not."
Alexander Graham Bell
"Imagination is the beginning of creation; it is more important than knowledge alone."
Alexander Graham Bell
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"The mind that can imagine is the mind that can create new worlds of knowledge."
Dorothy Hodgkin
"A child's sense of wonder is one of the most valuable gifts we possess as a species."
Rachel Carson
"Imagination is the tool we need to envision a sustainable world."
Rachel Carson
"The capacity for wonder never leaves those who cultivate it."
Rachel Carson
"Imagination constrained by what is cannot envision what could be."
Rachel Carson
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"Imagination is the foundation of all progress."
Linus Pauling
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"Imagination bridges what is and what could be."
Linus Pauling
"Imagination is the key to unlocking all doors."
Hedy Lamarr
"Imagination combined with determination can move mountains."
Hedy Lamarr
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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Enrico Fermi
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"What we think, we become."
Enrico Fermi
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"The power of imagination makes us infinite."
Enrico Fermi
"Imagination tempered by evidence is the hallmark of true scientific thinking."
Gregor Mendel
"The scientist's greatest gift is not intelligence but the capacity to wonder."
Gregor Mendel
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"In science, imagination is more important than knowledge alone."
Ernest Rutherford
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"The human mind is capable of imagining almost anything."
Linus Pauling
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"I have found that wonder and curiosity keep us young."
Linus Pauling
"Some people look at things the way they are and ask why. I dream things that never were and ask why not."
Alexander Graham Bell
"The inventor must think not of what has been done, but what can be done."
Alexander Graham Bell
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"Imagination in science is as important as observation; you must envision possibilities before you can prove them."
Dorothy Hodgkin
"Every question the data raised led me deeper into mysteries I never imagined existed."
Barbara McClintock
"To advance knowledge, you must first advance your capacity for wonder."
Barbara McClintock
"Imagination without action is merely fantasy; combine them and you change the world."
Hedy Lamarr
"Imagination is the soil from which all human progress grows."
Hedy Lamarr
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"I would argue that imagination is more valuable than knowledge, for knowledge is limited to what we already know."
Enrico Fermi
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"I found that imagination without discipline is mere fantasy; discipline without imagination is mere routine."
Enrico Fermi
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"If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas."
Linus Pauling