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.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

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.

The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.

The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.

Seem'd washing his hand with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.

Seem'd washing his hand with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.

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.