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H.L. MenckenLove is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Francis BaconImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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Wallace StevensIn the presence of extraordinary actuality, consciousness takes the place of imagination.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Jean Jacques RousseauThe world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

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Arthur ClarkeWhen you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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Wallace StevensGod and the imagination are one.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Mark TwainYou cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Thomas EdisonTo invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

—  Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor

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Jules VerneAnything you can imagine you can make real.

—  Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer

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Albert EinsteinImagination is more important than knowledge.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Samuel JohnsonWere it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Marcel ProustLet us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Vladimir NabokovOur imagination flies —we are its shadow on the earth.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Ralph Waldo EmersonThings are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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William BlakeEverything to be imagined is an image of truth.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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William BlakeOne Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Carl SaganImagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

—  Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer

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Henry MillerImagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

     (Tropic of Capricorn, 1939)

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Stephen KingDescription begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

—  Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction

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John KeatsMy imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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Jean BaudrillardFiction is not imagination. It is what anticipates imagination by giving it the form of reality.

—  Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007, French intellectual

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Vladimir NabokovThe good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Pablo PicassoEverything you can imagine is real.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Immanuel KantHappiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.

—  Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher

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Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWorks of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

—  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, English poet & philosopher

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John KeatsHeard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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Walt DisneyDisneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

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Vladimir NabokovAt eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Joseph JoubertImagination is the eye of the soul.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

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Cesare PaveseHuman imagination is immensely poorer than reality.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Thomas CarlyleImagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Bertrand RussellScience may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Ludwig WittgensteinUttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

Leonardo da VinciWhy does the eye see more clearly when asleep than the imagination when awake?

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Leonardo da VinciThe painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Joseph JoubertHe who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Graham GreeneHate is a lack of imagination.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

William MaxwellIf you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

William Hazlitt The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Terry PratchettStories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Terry PratchettImagination, not intelligence, made us human.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Henry MillerThe truly great writer does not want to write. He wants the world to be a place in which he can live the life of the imagination.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Maurice ChapelanI really like that the heart dictates, that the imagination writes and that the mind corrects.

—  Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist

Ashleigh BrilliantThe things I fear may all be imaginary,
so what I fear most is my imagination.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Arthur Conan DoyleWhere there is no imagination, there is no horror.

—  Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer

Milan KunderaThe dream is the proof that to imagine, to dream of what has not existed, is one of the deepest needs of man.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

André BretonIt is not the fear of madness that will force us to lower the flag of the imagination.

—  André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism

André BretonDear imagination, what I love most about you is that you don't forgive.

—  André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism

Quotes in Verse

Wallace StevensThe imagination is man's power over nature.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Emily DickinsonTo shut your eyes is to travel.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Funny Quotes

Karl KrausA woman is, occasionally, quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. It takes an abundance of imagination, to be sure.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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