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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the read more
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world read more
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the read more
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable read more
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.