Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be read more

Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing-are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to invent, and therefore to foster, civilization.

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?'

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for
absorbing positive knowledge.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for
absorbing positive knowledge.

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?

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.