Imagination Quotes

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

16884 quotes

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"The most revolutionary act is to imagine ourselves as free."
Wittig, Monique
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"To imagine ourselves as free is to begin the work of becoming free."
Wittig, Monique
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"To imagine is to assert that another world is possible."
Wittig, Monique
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"In times of darkness, our imagination becomes a revolutionary tool for envisioning liberation."
Davis, Angela
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"The imagination required for freedom is boundless; we must dare to dream expansively."
Davis, Angela
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"Imagination is the first site of liberation."
hooks, bell
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"Imagination is essential for envisioning a more just world."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We can imagine and create worlds beyond what currently exists."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We must imagine alternatives to oppressive systems."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We must imagine new forms of community that honor difference."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"Imagination is essential to understanding the experiences of others."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Understanding requires imagination and the effort to see through others' eyes."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Imagination allows us to envision possibilities beyond what currently exists."
Young, Iris Marion
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"The ability to imagine another's suffering is what makes us human."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"The imagination allows us to transcend our own limited perspectives."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Narrative imagination is crucial for moral and political understanding."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Imagination is not escape from reality; it is engagement with possibility."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"The capacity to think counterfactually helps us imagine alternatives to present injustices."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"The social imaginary shapes what we consider possible and necessary."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"The capability to imagine alternatives is what allows us to envision a better world."
Sen, Amartya
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"Imagination is a crucial political faculty for envisioning different futures."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Imaginative identification with others is essential for moral and political reasoning."
Young, Iris Marion
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"The capacity to see differently is itself a form of power."
Young, Iris Marion
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"The capacity to imagine otherwise is what enables resistance and change."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Compassion requires imagination - the ability to see another's world as real."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Imagination allows us to inhabit lives different from our own."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"To truly understand another person, we must use our imagination."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"We are storytelling creatures, and the stories we tell about ourselves shape our reality."
Ariely, Dan
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"What we pay attention to determines what we become—focus is destiny."
Ariely, Dan
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"We are storytellers first and rationalists second, if at all."
Ariely, Dan