Wise sayings and quotes on imagination

[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the imagination of the living.
~good quotes about History of William Carlos Williams

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
~famous sayings on Reality by John Lennon

Art is the colors and textures of your imagination.
~motivational quotations on Art by Meghan, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
~wise imagination sayings by William Shakespeare, Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, 1595

Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals.
~saying by John Dewey, Characters and Events

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
~inspirational quote on History by Jessamyn West

Computers have lots of memory but no imagination.
~good quotes about Computers of Author Unknown

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn’t. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is
~famous sayings on Comedy by Horace Walpole

You have to be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
~motivational quotations on America by Charles De Gaulle, Time, 8 December 1967

Racial superiority is a mere pigment of the imagination
~wise imagination sayings by Author Unknown

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination
~saying by Voltaire

Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life.
~inspirational quote on Imagination by Simone Weil

[History is] petrified imagination.
~good quotes about History of Arthur Baer

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
~famous sayings on Science by John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty, 1929

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.
~motivational quotations on Self Improvement by Anthony Robbins

The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination.
~wise imagination sayings by Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.
~saying by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

The mathematics are usually considered as being the very antipodes of Poesy. Yet Mathesis and Poesy are of the closest kindred, for they are both works of the imagination.
~inspirational quote on Math by Thomas Hill

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
~good quotes about Courage of Ernest Hemingway, Men at War, 1942

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
~famous sayings on Memory by Josh Billings

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
~motivational quotations on Imagination by Duane Michals, Real Dreams

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