To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. George Jean Nathan artimaginationlegislature Change image and share on social
I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me. Kazuo Ishiguro alivediscoverimagination Change image and share on social
If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be. Bruce Greenwood attentioncompelcreepy Change image and share on social
Visualization - it's been huge for me. Your mind doesn't know the difference between imagination and reality. You can't always practice perfectly - my fingers will play a little bit out of tune, or my dance moves might not be as sharp - but in my mind, I can practice perfectly. Lindsey Stirling bitedancedifference share on social
When I achieved the European record for reciting pi in 2004, this captured the imagination of Professor Simon Baron-Cohen in Cambridge, and he finally diagnosed me with Asperger's that year. Daniel Tammet achieveaspergerbaron Change image and share on social
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. Francis Bacon discovererillland Change image and share on social
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. Joseph Addison agreeablecuriosityfill share on social
Science fiction is my way of pushing the imagination onward. It's a way to understand how the world will look in the future. Bernard Werber fictionfutureimagination Change image and share on social
'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder. Nathan Fillion castlefantasyguy Change image and share on social
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination. Tim O'Brien easyfailurefiction Change image and share on social