Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not read more

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of read more

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents read more

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition read more

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et
n'a pas de pieds.]

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination read more

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

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

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

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.